COMMITTEES  ON  EDUCATION 


AND 


CORPORATE  STOCK  BUDGET 


Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment 

City  of  New  York 


V 


JOINT  REPORT 


Recommending  Corporate  Stock  in  the  sum  of  $5,900,239, 
for  the  purpose  of  altering  old  school  buildings,  ac¬ 
quiring  new  sites  or  additions  to  existing  sites,  and 
constructing  new  buildings  or  additions  to  old  buildings 
in  the  more  congested  sections  of  the  city,  to  the  end 
that  part-time  and  double  session  classes  may  be  abol¬ 
ished,  unsatisfactory  and  emergency  classrooms  and 
buildings  abandoned,  oversized  classes  reduced  and  ex¬ 
pected  growth  in  population  provided  for  through  the 
adoption  of  a  duplicate  school  plan  of  organization. 


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City  of  New  York,  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  Committee  on  Educa¬ 
tion,  Municipal  Building,  May  9,  1916. 

To  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment: 

Gentlemen — On  April  12  and  19,  1916,  the  Board  of  Education  withdrew  its  re¬ 
quest  of  December  29,  1914,  as  repeated  on  February  23,  1916,  for  corporate  stock, 
to  the  amount  of  $6,471,739  for  school  buildings  and  sites  and  substituted  therefor, 
nine  requests  for  funds  aggregating  $4,796,212,  to  be  provided  by  the  issuance  of 
corporate  stock  or  otherwise  for  the  purpose  of  altering  old  school  buildings,  ac¬ 
quiring  new  sites  or  additions  to  existing  sites,  arid  constructing  new  buildings  or 
additions  to  old  buildings  in  the  more  congested  sections  of  the  city,  to  the  emh  that 
part-time  and  double  session  classes  may  be  abolished,  unsatisfactory  and  emergency 
class-rooms  and  buildings  ^andoned,  over-sized  classes  reduced  and  expected  growth 
in  population  provided  for,  through  the  adoption  of  a  duplicate  school  plan  of  or¬ 
ganization,  without  commitment  to  any  particular  plan  of  instruction  or  course  of 
study.  Related  communications  from  the  Children’s  Welfare  Committee  of  Bronx 
County  and  from  the  Old  South  Brooklyn  Civic  League  urging  the  necessity  of  re¬ 
lieving  congestion  in  their  respective  districts  are  also  considered  herewith.  In  con¬ 
nection  with  the  whole  matter  of  providing  school  accommodations  the  Committees  on 
Education  and  on  Corporate  Stock  report  jointly  as  follows: 

Summary  of  Request  and  Recommendations. 

The  request  for  $4,796,212  herein  considered  includes  $794,017  for  additions  to 
the  Newtown  High  SchooJ  in  Elmhurst  and  the  Bryant  High  School  in  Long  Island 
City.  The  remaining  $4,002,195  is  to  provide  funds  to  complete  the  Bronx  reorganiza¬ 
tion  in  Districts  25  and  26,  including  a  new  building,  and  extend  it  to  two  schools 
(Nos.  30  and  43)  in  District  23  in  the  southern  part  of  that  borough;  to  reorganize  the 
schools  on  the  upper  east  side  of  Manhattan,  between  97th  and  113th  Streets  (Districts 
16  and  17)  ;  to  relieve  congestion  in  the  Williamsburg  section  (District  31),  the  Green- 
point  section  (District  34)  and  the  Brownsville  section  (Districts  39  and  40),  to  replace 
old  P.  S.  29,  located  at  Columbia  and  Amity  Streets  (District  28),  and  to  construct  a 
new  building  to  relieve  P.  S.  135  in  the  Rugby  section  (District  38)  of  Brooklyn; 
and  to  provide  additional  accommodations  for  P.  S.  6,  which  is  located  in  the  Stein¬ 
way  section  of  Long  Island  City. 

It  is  recommended  herein  that  $5,900,239  be  appropriated,  which  amount  is 
$1,104,027  in  excess  of  the  request  as  submitted.  This  excess  of  recommended  appro¬ 
priation  over  request  is  due  to  the  fact  that  fifty-one  unit  buildings  have  been  sub¬ 
stituted  for  twenty-six  room  buildings  to  replace  P.  S.  29  and  relieve  P.  S.  135, 
respectively,  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  and  that  an  additional  fifty-one  unit  build¬ 
ing  has  been  provided  for  Brownsville  and  East  New  York.  Of  the  total  appropria¬ 
tion  recommended,  $794,017  is  for  additions  to  high  schools.  The  remaining  $5,106,222 
is  for  the  reconstruction  and  extension  of  the  existing  elementary  school  plant. 

An  All-Embracing  Plan  to  Abolish  Part-Time. 

This  request  for  $4,796,212,  which  has  the  unanimous  approval  of  the  Board  of 
Superintendents,  represents  the  first  installment  only  of  an  all-embracing  plan  to  pro¬ 
vide  a  full  day’s  schooling  for  every  child  throughout  the  entire  city.  With  the  ex¬ 
ception  of  two  items  which  pertain  to  high  school  additions  in  the  Borough  of 
Queens,  it  is  based  upon  the  assumption  that  part-time  conditions  in  the  elementary 
schools  involved  are  to  be  eliminated  through  the  reorganization  of  these  schools  on 
a  duplicate  school  plan,  i.  e.,  a  plan  under  which  two  duplicate  school  organizations 
occupy  the  same  school  building  at  the  same  time,  one  using  the  regular  class-rooms 
while  the  other  utilizes  the  auditorium,  the  gymnasium,  the  playground,  the  library, 
the  laboratories  and  other  so-called  extra  facilities.  Corporate  stock  and  tax  levy 
aggregating  $807,260,  in  the  sums  of  $50,000  for  P.  S.  89,  Brooklyn,  and  $757,260  for 
twelve  schools  in  Districts  25  and  26,  The  Bronx,  respectively,  was  made  available 
last  year  for  reorganizing  these  schools  on  a  duplicate  school  plan. 

Since  these  appropriations  of  1915,  plus  requests  herewith  presented,  will  affect 
schools  which  will  accommodate  150,000  children  it  is  important  to  summarize  the 
expected  results.  The  following  cable  covering  the  entire  duplicate  school  proposition 
to  date  shows  that : 

1.  By  reorganizing  present  schools  to  eliminate  part-time  and  double  session 
classes  at  a  cost  of  $3,595,330.71 ,  there  are  26,482  children  (69.7  per  cent.)  taken  off 
part-time  and  27,949  children  (31.8  per  cent.)  taken  off  double  sessions,  and  addi¬ 
tional  capacity  provided  for  531  classes  or  21,771  children  at  a  per  capita  cost  of  $73.39, 
as  against  a  cost  of  $265.54  per  capita  under  the  traditional  school  plan.  Besides 
161  classes  are  removed  from  unsatisfactory  class-rooms  and  buildings. 


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2.  By  constructing  a  new  building  to  relieve  Public  School  135,  Brooklyn,  the 
new  Bronx  school  and  the  new  Brownsville  school,  additional  capacity  is  provided 
for  216  classes  to  contain  8,856  pupils  for  future  growth  at  a  cost  of  $1,911,874.50  and 
$215.88  per  capita,  as  against  a  per  capita  cost  of  $304.88  under  the  traditional  school 
plan. 

Summary  Statement  Showing  Existing  Conditions,  Increase  in  School  Capacity 
Duplicate  and  Traditional  School  Plans;  Also  Amount  of  Part  Time  and  Double 
Size  Classes,  for  Growth  and  for  High  School  Purposes. 


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440 

492 

52 

117 

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25  and  26  2.  4,  5,  6,  28,  32,  40,  42, 
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Provision  of  New  Buildings 


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3.  By  constructing  new  Public  Schools  20  and  29,  Brooklyn,  114  unsatisfactory 
class-rooms  are  replaced  and  accommodations  provided  for  144  classes  containing 
5,904  pupils  at  a  per  capita  cost  of  $251.85,  as  against  a  per  capita  cost  of  $304.88 
under  the  traditional  school  plan. 

Provided  by  Reorganisation,  Together  with  Comparative  Costs  Thereof  Under 
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216 

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31 .  New  20,  to  replace  17, 

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137 

144 

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3,244 

3,998 

754 

1,549 

Cost  per  capita  . . . 

A  great  deal  has  been  said  concerning  part-time  and  double  sessions.  It  is  evident 
from  the  above  table  that  moderate  money  will  go  a  long  way  in  eliminating  part-time 
and  double  sessions  by  reorganization  on  the  duplicate  school  plan,  which  provides 
accommodations  for  48,987  children  at  a  cost  of  $73.39  per  capita.  The  construction 
of  new  buildings  for  future  growth  in  Flatbush,  Brownsville  and  The  Bronx  requires 
relatively  a  much  greater  expenditure  of  funds,  providing  accommodations  for  8,856 
children  at  a  cost  of  $215.88  per  capita.  This  is  true  also  of  the  construction  of  new 
buildings  for  replacements  in  Districts  28  and  31,  which  provides  accommodations 
for  5,904  children  at  a  cost  of  $251.85  per  capita. 

The  real  school  housing  problem  in  New  York  City  and  in  every  city  is  not  the 
elimination  of  so  many  children  on  part-time  and  double  sessions.  New  York  has 
117,000  children  on  part-time  and  double  sessions.  But  if  the  Board  of  Superinten¬ 
dents  were  to  reduce  to  normal  size  the  309  classes  with  registers  of  above  55  and  the 
991  classes  with  registers  of  51  to  55.  and  the  716  classes  with  registers  of  50,  and 
the  3,908  classes  with  registers  of  45  to  50,  such  reduction  of  over-size  classes  would 
add  100,000  more  children  to  part  time  and  double  sessions.  And  if  the  various 


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emergency  class-rooms  and  unsatisfactory  school  buildings  were  vacated,  another 
70,000  children  would  be  added  to  part-time  and  double  sessions.  Of  the  total  register 
658,904  in  the  regular  grades  (1A — 8B)  (December  31,  1915),  287,000  might  have 
been  better  off  on  part-  time.  A  child  in  a  good  school  room  in  a  class  of  normal 
size  on  part-time  for  four  hours  is  better  off  than  in  an  over-size  class  five  hours  or 
in  an  unsanitary  and  unsuitable  class-room  for  five  hours.  The  real  problem  in  New 
York  City  is  to  provide  new  school-room  capacity  for  58,500  or  one-half  of  the  number 
on  part-time  and  double  sessions  to  relieve  such  conditions  and  in  addition  provide 
new  school-room  capacity  for  85,000  children  to  reduce  oversized  classes  and  elimi¬ 
nate  emergency  and  unsatisfactory  class-rooms.  With  the  traditional  plan  this  would 
necessitate  the  construction  of  3,500  class-rooms  at  a  cost  of  $42,000,000  on  present 
estimated  cost  of  $12,000  per  class-room,  and  no  provision  would  be  made  for  future 
growth. 

The  problem  of  providing  a  school  seat  for  every  child  is  not  difficult,  for  New 
York  City  now  has  and  always  has  had  more  school  seats  than  children  in  the  schools. 
The  real  problem  is  to  provide  a  school  seat  for  every  child  at  the  place  where  the 


urposes. 


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child  can  use  it  in  a  shifting  population,  and  to  scrap  the  worn  out  plant  and  equip¬ 
ment.  it  would  be  interesting  to  know  how  many  unused  school  sittings  New  York 
would  now  have  if  the  City  had  been  able  at  all  times  to  provide  a  school  seat  for 
each  child  at  the  place  where  he  could  use  it.  No  city  of  any  size  has  yet  been  able  to 
provide  satisfactory  school  accommodations  on  the  basis  of  a  reserved  school  seat 
tor  every  child  at  the  place  where  each  child  happens  to  be  at  the  time. 

No  satisfactory  estimate  can  be  made  at  present  of  the  value  of  school  properties 
to  be  vacated  or  of  the  total  annual  reduction  in  operating  cost  due  to  the  operation 
of  a  less  number  of  plants.  The  proposal  so  far  abandons  the  plants  of  Public  Schools 
17,  37,  38,  59,  166,  20,  29  and  13  in  Brooklyn  and  the  annexes  to  Public  Schools  101 
in  Manhattan,  2,  4,  45  and  42  in  The  Bronx  and  17  and  19,  Brooklyn,  and  reduces  the 
number  of  school  organizations  by  three. 

Although  it  is  impossible  to  estimate  accurately  in  advance  of  exact  determination 
for  each  one  of  the  several  school  districts  the  exact  amount  of  money  that  will  be 
required  to  reconstruct  and  extend  the  existing  school  plant  in  order  to  adapt  it  to  a 
work-study-and-play  plan  of  instruction  in  so  far  as  may  be  required  to  eliminate  part- 
time  and  double  sessions,  to  reduce  over-size  classes,  to  provide  necessary  replace¬ 
ments,  and  take  care  of  the  growth  in  school  population,  it  is  safe  to  estimate  that 
approximately  $6,000,000  a  year  will  be  required  for  three  years  if  high  schools 
are  included. 

In  deciding  upon  a  method  of  procedure  in  providing  adequate  school  accom¬ 
modations,  the  relative  urgency  of  elementary  schools  and  high  schools  must  be 
weighed.  It  would  appear  that  relief  for  both  types  of  school  activity  must  be  carried 
on  simultaneously.  If  it  is  agreed  that  $6,000,000  annually  is  to  be  appropriated  for 
school  accommodations  during  three  years,  approximately  one-fifth  of  this  amount 
should  be  set  aside  for  high  school  purposes.  In  the  last  analysis  the  high  schools  and 
the  elementary  schools  should  be  considered  as  one  organization  and  so  far  as  possible 
the  larger  and  better  elementary  school  buildings  should  be  reorganized  to  include  at 
least  the  first  two  years  of  high  school  work. 

The  Plan  for  Reorganisation. 

In  October,  1915,  at  a  joint  conference  between  the  Committees  on  Education 
and  Tax  Budget  of  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  and  the  Committee  on 
Finance  and  the  Special  Committee  on  Economy  of  the  Board  of  Education,  it  was 
agreed  that  the  Board  of  Education  should  report  immediately  to  the  Board  of  Esti¬ 
mate  and  -  Apportionment  a  comprehensive  plan  for  making  such  changes  as  would 
be  required  in  the  elementary  school  plant,  together  with  the  approximate  cost  thereof, 
in  order  to  adapt  it  to  the  work-study-and-play  plan  of  instruction  for  the  purpose 
of  eliminating  part-time,  with  the  understanding  that  $5,000,000  would  be  made  avail¬ 
able  for  this  purpose  as  soon  as  such  plans  had  been  jointly  approved.  Thereupon 
the  Board  of  Superintendents  proceeded  to  lay  out  a  systematic  plan  for  the  entire 
City  on  the  basis  proposed. 

All  schools  having  part-time  or  double  sessions  were  selected  and  grouped  with 
a  view  to  the  elimination  of  undesirable  rooms  and  the  abandonment  of  unfit  build¬ 
ings.  Noisy  rooms,  not  adapted  to  regular  academic  work,  were  to  be  utilized  for 
shops.  A  library  was  to  be  provided  in  the  school  building  if  there  was  no  public 
library  in  the  neighborhood.  Provision  was  to  be  made  for  forty  square  feet  of  play 
space  for  every  child  playing.  All  playgrounds  were  to  be  equipped  with  adequate  and 
proper  apparatus.  In  addition,  all  schools  were  to  be  provided  with  shops,  drawing 
rooms,  science  laboratories,  sewing  rooms,  music  rooms,  cooking  rooms,  gymnasiums 
and  auditoriums.  In  order  to  accomplish  all  this,  duplicate  X  and  Y  schools  were 
to  be  housed  in  a  single  building  on  the  basis  of  seventy-two  classes  in  a  forty-five 
room  building,  and  forty-eight  classes  in  a  thirty-room  building.  The  school  plant 
was  to  be  adapted  to  this  program  by  making  structural  changes  in  existing  buildings, 
enlarging  them,  securing  additional  play  space,  constructing  new  buildings  and  pro¬ 
viding  such  equipment  as  would  be  required  for  the  new  plan  of  instruction. 

On  March  8.  1916.  after  prolonged  consideration  there  was  presented  to  the 
Board  of  Education  a  report  from  the  Board  of  Superintendents,  submitting  detailed 
plans  for  the  proposed  reorganization.  It  was  estimated  that  $10,129,326  would  be 
required  to  abolish  part-time  alone,  and  $12,464,784  if  both  part-time  and  double 
sessions  were  to  be  eliminated  throughout  the  entire  city.  This  report  was  referred 
to  a  special  Joint  Committee,  composed  of  the  Committee  on  Elementary  Schools,  the 
Committee  on  Vocational  Schools  and  Industrial  Training,  and  the  Committee  on 
Buildings.  On  March  22,  1916,  this  Joint  Committee  submitted  to  the  Board  of 
Education  a  report,  recommending  a  request  for  corporate  stock  in  the  sum  of 
$2,873,695.  This  report  was  ordered  to  be  printed  and  sent  to  the  members.  On 


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April  12  and  19  the  request  was  amended  by  adding  sundry  new  items  and  increasing 
the  several  estimates  for  construction  work  twenty-five  per  cent.  It  now  aggregates 
$4,796,212,  of  which  $2,790,465  is  for  new  buildings  or  additions,  $361,767  for  altera¬ 
tions  to  old  buildings.  $308,980  for  additional  equipment  for  old  buildings,  $1,131,000 
for  sites,  and  $204,000  for  salaries  of  inspectors  and  draftsmen  and  contingencies, 
distributed  by  boroughs  as  follows  : 

Summary  of  Request. 


New  Build- 

Borough  of.  ings  or  Altera-  Equipment.  Sites.  Miscel-  Total. 
Additions.  tions.  laneous. 

Manhattan  ...  $166,500  00  $61,771  00  $83,550  00  $100,000  00  $411,821  00 

The  Bronx....  546,474  00  113,896  00  34,730  00  380,000  00  1,075,100  00 

Brooklyn  ....  1,237,974  00  183,850  00  179,355  00  611,000  00  2,212,179  00 

Queens  .  839,517  00  2,250  00  11,345  00  40,000  00  893,112  00 

All  Boroughs . $204,000  00  204,000  00 

Grand  Total. $2, 790, 465  00  $361,767  00 $308,980  00  $1,131,000 00  $204,000  00  $4,796,212  00 


Part-Time  and  Double  Sessions. 

The  official  figures  for  the  day  elementary  schools  for  the  month  of  March,  1916, 
show  a  total  registration  of  728,409  pupils,  of  whom  96,283  in  the  first  year  receive 
only  four  hours  instruction  per  day  instead  of  five,  and  31,287  in  various  grades 
above  the  first  year  receive  less  than  five  hours  instruction,  and  in  the  first  year 
receive  less  than  four  hours  instruction  per  day  in  so-called  part-time  classes.  The 
total  registration  is  distributed  as  follows. 

Day  Elementary  Schools. 


Register  Per  Cent,  of 


Total  Receiving  Total  Register. 

A  T~>  ^ ^ 4- ^  - a - 


Borough  of.  As  of  Instruction  on  Part  Receiving  On 

March  31,  (1st  Year  Time.  4  Hours’  Part 
1916.  Classes).  Instruction.  Time. 

Manhattan  .  273,865  36,866  2,020  13.5  .7 

The  Bronx  .  99,660  11,742  14,512  11.8  14.6 

Brooklyn  .  278,441  37,836  10,975  13.6  3.9 

Queens  .  61,246  7,666  3,764  12.5  6.1 

Richmond  .  15,197  2,173  16  14.3  .1 


Total  .  728,409  96,283  31,287  13.2  4.3 


Full  time  instruction  consists  of  two  sessions  aggregating  five  hours  daily  sep¬ 
arated  by  an  intermission  of  at  least  one  hour.  In  1913  the  By-Laws  of  the  Board  of 
Education  were  so  amended  as  to  provide  that  four  hours  teaching  daily,  consisting 
of  two  sessions  separated  by  an  intermission  of  at  least  one  hour,  should  be  consid¬ 
ered  full  time  for  all  classes  in  the  first  year  grades.  Classes  having  less  than  full 
time,  as  so  defined,  were  to  be  designated  part-time  classes.  An  apparent  reduction 
in  the  number  of  pupils  on  part-time  was  thus  brought  about  by  a  mere  change  in 
terminology.  Although  the  official  record  as  quoted  above  shows  only  31,287  pupils 
on  part-time  for  the  month  of  March,  there  were  96,283  additional  pupils  in  the  first 
year  grades  who  were  receiving  only  four  hours  instruction  per  day.  This  makes  a 
total  of  127,570  pupils  who  were  receiving  less  than  the  standard  five  hours  per  day. 
In  addition  to  the  aforesaid  part-time  and  four  hour  classes,  there  are  a  number  of 
classes  above  the  first  year  on  a  so-called  double  session  plan  whereby  two  classes 
are  accommodated  for  four  hours  each  in  one  class-room,  the  additional  hour  required 
for  a  five-hour  day  being  spent  in  the  auditorium  and  playground. 

All  part-time  and  double  session  devices  hitherto  tried  in  the  New  York  City 
schools  have  had  as  their  objective  the  securing  as  nearly  as  possible  of  facilities 
for  the  traditional  five-hour  curriculum.  They  were  not  designed  to  secure  greater 


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advantages  for  the  children  than  are  offered  by  the  ordinary  single  school  system. 
Under  the  duplicate  school  plan  it  is  proposed  by  means  of  a  two-school  organization 
in  each  building  to  provide  at  least  six  hours  in  school  for  the  children  with  greatly 
enlarged  opportunities.  By  providing  sufficient  facilities  in  auditoriums,  gymnasiums, 
playgrounds,  laboratories,  work  shops,  studios  and  science  laboratories  to  accommo¬ 
date  approximately  half  of  the  children  at  any  one  time,  by  keeping  all  facilities  in 
constant  use  and  by  extending  the  school  day  for  children,  only  one  classroom  is 
required  for  every  two  classes.  It  should  be  clearly  understood,  however,  that  this 
duplicate  school  plan  is  not  a  part-time  plan  nor  is  it  a  double  session  plan.  Neither 
is  it  a  temporary  expedient  to  be  adopted  merely  until  a  sufficient  number  of  school 
buildings  can  be  erected  to  provide  a  seat  for  every  child.  It  is  a  new  and  better 
type  of  school  organization  designed  eventually  to  entirely  supersede  the  old  tradi¬ 
tional  plan  of  a  seat  for  every  child. 

The  Joint  Committee  of  the  Board  of  Education  had  before  it  statistics  showing 
congestion  in  all  schools  throughout  the  city.  The  plan  for  proceeding  with  the 
reorganization  was  based  upon  the  order  of  urgency  in  the  relief  of  congestion  by 
districts.  As  will  appear  from  the  following  table  of  the  total  registration  of  31,287 
pupils  on  part-time,  as  of  March  31,  1916,  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx  had  14,512  or 
46.3  per  cent.,  Brooklyn  being  second  with  10,975  or  35.1  per  cent.,  and  the  remaining 
boroughs,  Queens,  Manhattan  and  Richmond,  following  in  the  order  named : 

Distribution  of  Part  Time  by  School  Districts,  As  of  March  31,  1916. 


Borough  of. 

Register  on 
Part  Time 

Per  Cent,  of 
Total  Register 
on  Part  Time 
in  Each  Borough. 

District 

No.  7 

Manhattan  . 

1,150 

District 

No.  20 

Manhattan  . 

510 

District 

No.  22 

Manhattan  . 

360 

Total,  Manhattan  . 

2,020 

6.5 

District 

No.  24 

The  Bronx . 

4,013 

District 

No.  25 

The  Bronx . 

8,281 

District 

No,  26 

The  Bronx . 

2,218 

Total,  The  Bronx . 

14,512 

46.3 

District 

No.  28 

Brooklyn . 

632 

District 

No.  29 

Brooklyn . 

178 

District 

No.  31 

Brooklyn . 

1,300 

District 

No.  32 

Brooklvn  . 

488 

District 

No.  34 

Brooklyn . 

935 

District 

No.  38 

Brooklyn  . 

677 

District 

No.  39 

Brooklyn  . 

2,875 

District 

No.  40 

Brooklyn  . 

3,890 

Total,  Brooklyn  . 

10,975 

35.1 

District 

No.  41 

Queens . 

506 

District 

No.  42 

Queens . 

503 

District 

No.  43 

Queens  . 

842 

District 

No.  44 

Queens . 

1,913 

Total,  Queens  . 

3,764 

12.0 

District 

No.  45 

Richmond . 

16 

Total,  Richmond . 

16 

.1 

Total,  All  Boroughs . . 

31,287 

100.0 

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In  taking  up  the  work  of  reconstructing  the  elementary  school  plant  to  adapt  it 
to  the  work-study-and-play  plan  of  instruction,  the  Joint  Committee  decided  to  com¬ 
plete  the  reorganization  already  under  way  in  the  Borough  of  the  Bronx,  which  is 
the  most  congested  of  the  five  boroughs.  In  addition  to  this  it  was  decided  to  reor¬ 
ganize  the  four  districts  in  Brooklyn  showing  the  greatest  congestion,  and  to  relieve 
over-crowding  in  the  upper  east  side  of  Manhattan,  a  new  forty-eight  room  building 
for  the  relief  of  the  latter  locality  (District  17)  having  been  first  in  order  of  urgency 
in  the  request  for  $6,471,739  hereinbefore  mentioned,  which  was  withdrawn.  Besides 
relieving  the  four  most  congested  districts  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  it  was  also 
decided  to  replace  old  Public  School  29  in  District  28,  which  is  not  only  congested 
but  also  unfit  for  occupancy;  also  to  relieve  P.  S.  135. 

The  Reorganisation  in  Manhattan. 

While,  as  will  appear  from  the  part-time  statistics  hereinbefore  given,  there  is  no 
part-time  instruction  in  Districts  16  and  17,  Manhattan,  the  following  table  shows  that 
there  are  fifty-four  classes  on  the  double-session  plan  in  the  seven  schools  which  it  is 
proposed  to  reorganize,  and  that  the  average  size  of  class  for  the  group  as  of  March 
31,  1916,  exclusive  of  kindergartens,  is  45.9  pupils.  It  should  further  be  noted  that 
28  of  the  class  rooms  now  in  use  are  emergency  rooms  and  that  in  P.  S.  83  twenty- 
six  classes  are  accommodated  in  thirteen  rooms,  two  classes  with  small  registers 
occupying  each  room  at  the  same  time. 

Statement  Showing  Register  and  Number  of  Classes  Exclusive  of  Kindergartens  As 
of  March  31,  1916,  Distributed  by  Part-Time  and  Double  Sessions  for  Schools  to  Be 
Reorganized  on  the  Duplicate  School  Plan  in  Districts  16  and  17. 

Manhattan. 


Public  School 
No. 

Total  Register 
and  No.  of 
Classes 
Exclusive  of 

Kindergartens. 

_ 

Register  and  No. 

of  Classes  on 
Double  Session 
Plan. 

_ A _ 

No.  of  Rooms 
Exclusive  of 
Kindergarten. 

_ A _ 

Proposed 
No.  of 
Classes 
Under 
Duplicate 
School 
Plan. 

Date  of 
Erection 
of 

Building. 

Reg¬ 

ister. 

No  of' 
Classes. 

Reg¬ 

ister. 

No.  of 
Classes. 

Reg. 

Em. 

72  . 

2,388 

49 

291 

6 

41 

5 

54 

1881-1915 

83  . 

2,849 

70 

* 

* 

•  •  •  • 

57 

•  •  •  • 

88 

1885-1904 

101  M.  B . 

1,825 

40 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

40 

•  •  •  • 

64 

1910 

A . 

841 

19 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

19 

.... 

•  •  •  • 

121  . 

2,158 

46 

100 

2 

45 

•  •  •  • 

46 

1894-1907 

168  G . 

1,600 

35 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

34  \ 

84 

1898 

168  P . 

1,750 

36 

198 

4 

34) 

171  . 

3,422 

75 

1,091 

22 

64 

.... 

80 

1900 

109  . 

3,362 

70 

1,013 

20 

60 

.... 

76 

1899 

20,195 

440 

2,693 

54 

375 

24 

492 

*Twenty-six  classes  use  13  rooms  at  same  time. 

Average  size  of  class,  45.9. 

Note — M.  B.,  Main  Building;  A.,  Annex;  G.,  Grammar;  P.,  Primary;  Reg.,  Reg¬ 
ular  ;  Em.,  Emergency. 

The  reorganization  provides  for  492  classes  as  against  440  as  of  March  31st. 
This  will  make  it  feasible  to  eliminate  all  unsatisfactory  rooms  and  double  session 
classes,  and  to  reduce  over-size  classes,  while  at  the  same  time  the  general  educational 
facilities  of  the  group  of  schools  as  a  whole  will  be  greatly  extended  and  improved. 

As  will  appear  from  the  following  table,  the  total  amount  of  money  to  be  expended 
in  these  two  districts  aggregates  $411,821,  of  which  total  $100,000  is  for  additional 
land  for  public  schools  83  and  101,  $166,500  is  for  the  construction  of  an  addition  to 
P.  S.  83,  and  the  remainder  for  alterations  and  equipment: 


Request  for  Reorganization — Borough  of  Manhattan. 


Dist. 

P.  S. 

New  Build¬ 
ings  or 
Additions. 

Alterations. 

Equipment. 

Sites. 

Total. 

17  . 

.  72 

$7,102 

3,614 

3,600 

9,705 

14,100 

13,225 

10,425 

$9,640 

11,660 

4,860 

6,350 

18,365 

13,795 

18,880 

$16,742 

231,774 

58,460 

16,055 

32,465 

27,020 

29,305 

17  . 

17  . 

.  83 

.  101 

$166,500 

$50,000 

50,000 

17  . 

.  121 

17  . 

.  168 

17  . 

.  171 

16  . 

109 

Total  . 

$166,500 

$61,771 

$83,550 

$100,000 

$411,821 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  reorganization  of  P.  S.  121  will  make  necessary 
expensive  alterations  in  the  old  building,  which  is  a  remodeled  silk  factory,  it  is 
recommended  that  no  change  be  made  in  the  building  at  present,  until  such  time  as  a 
new  building  can  take  the  place  of  the  old  part.  In  the  appropriation  recommended 
for  the  Borough  of  Manhattan  the  item  of  $16,055  for  alterations  and  equipment  of 
P.  S.  121  has  therefore  been  disallowed.  The  reorganization  of  the  main  building 
of  P.  S.  101  will  make  possible  the  abandonment  of  the  nineteen-room  leased  annex 
to  this  building. 

The  Bronx  Reorganization. 

As  will  appear  from  the  summary  statement  for  the  Borough  of  The  Bronx 
which  follows,  $757,260  was  appropriated  for  the  reorganization  of  twelve  schools  in 
districts  twenty-five  and  twenty-six  during  1915.  An  additional  amount  of  $1,001,570 
for  these  two  districts  is  included  in  the  request  herein  considered,  of  which  amount 
$668,474  is  to  provide  a  new  site  and  building  in  the  vicinity  of  179th  Street  and  Third 
Avenue.  This  new  building  is  to  take  the  place  of  two  new  buildings,  for  which 
funds  were  requested  in  items  2  and  3  of  the  estimate  which  was  withdrawn,  one  at 
179th  Street  and  Third  Avenue,  the  other  at  180th  Street  and  Southern  Boulevard. 

Borough  of  The  Bronx. 

Summary  of  Requests  and  Previous  Appropriations. 


Dist. 

Public  School. 

Amount 

Appropriated 

During 

1915. 

Amount 

Requested 

1916. 

Total 

Appropriated 
1915  and 
Requested 
1916. 

26 

32 . 

. .  $150.000  00 

$38,000  00 

$188,000  00 

26 

45 . *. . 

170,000  00 

146,500  00 

316,500  00 

25 

4 . 

180,000  00 

50.046  00 

230,046  00 

25 

40 . 

142,500  00 

46.350  00 

188.850  00 

25 

21 

41,000  00 

41.000  00 

25 

6  I 

1,000  00 

1,000  00 

25 

28  | 

1,400  00 

1,400  00 

25 

42  l . 

52,260  00 

1,400  00 

1,400  00 

25 

44  r 

1,400  00 

1,400  00 

25 

50  | 

1,000  00 

1.000  00 

25 

53  | . 

62,500  00 

1.000  00 

63.500  00 

26 

5  1 

4,000  00 

4,000  00 

52,260  00 

25 

New  179th  St.  and  Third  Ave.... 

668,474  00 

668,474  00 

Totals  . 

$757,260  00 

$1,001,570  00 

$1,758,830  00 

23 

30 . 

6.615  00 

6.615  00 

23 

43 . 

66,915  00 

66,915  00 

Totals  . 

$73,530  00 

$73,530  00 

Total,  The  Bronx . . . 

$757,260  00 

$1,075,100  00 

$1,832,360  00 

13 


The  sum  of  $170,000  was  provided  in  1915  for  an  addition  to  P.  S.  45.  In  addition 
to  this  amount,  an  expenditure  of  $100,000  for  a  site  (180  ft.  by  353  ft.)  for  play¬ 
ground  purposes  and  of  $40,000  for  a  site  (180  ft.  by  114  ft.)  for  garden  purposes 
is  proposed.  This  seems  to  be  an  unduly  large  expenditure  for  land  at  one  school, 
but  the  entire  block  which  it  is  proposed  to  acquire  for  a  playground  is  intended  to 
serve  P.  S.  5  and  32  also  for  general  playground  purposes.  As  P.  S.  45  has  almost 
entirety  Italian  children,  who  with  their  parents  are  interested  in  gardening,  it  has 
been  decided  to  emphasize  the  gardening  and  agricultural  aspects  of  vocational 
training  in  this  particular  school.  Both  of  these  sites  have  been  loaned  to  the  school 
since  its  re-organization.  The  sum  of  $25,000  is  requested  to  purchase  additional 
land  at  P.  S.  40,  in  order  to  extend  the  present  playground.  The  sum  of  $113,896 
is  requested  in  order  to  make  the  necessary  alterations  in  the  original  buildings  of 
P.  S.  32,  45,  4  and  40,  for  which  funds  for  annexes  were  allowed  during  1915.  In 
addition  to  completing  the  reorganization  in  districts  25  and  26,  it  is  further  pro¬ 
posed  to  reorganize  P.  S.  30  and  43,  two  of  the  most  congested  schools  in  district  23. 
In  detail,  the  items  for  the  Bronx  are  as  follows : 


Request  for  Reorganization ,  Borough  of  The  Bronx.  , 


Dist. 

Pubic  School. 

New  Build¬ 
ings  or 
Additions. 

Alterations. 

Equipment. 

Sites. 

Total. 

26 

r 

D . 

$3,000 

$1,000 

• 

$4,000 

26 

32 . 

$37,500 

500 

38, 000 

26 

45 . 

6,000 

500 

$140,000 

146,500 

25 

2 . 

1,000 

40,000 

41,000 

25 

4 . 

49,546 

500 

50,046 

25 

6 . 

1,000 

i'ooo 

25 

28 . 

1,400 

1,400 

25 

40 . 

20,850 

'500 

25,000 

46', 350 

25 

42 . 

1,400 

1,400 

25 

44 . 

1,400 

1,400 

25 

50 . 

i;ooo 

1,000 

25 

53 . 

1,000 

1,000 

25 

New,  179th  St.  & 

3d  Ave . 

543,474 

125,000 

668,474 

$546,474 

$113,896 

$11,200  • 

$330,000 

$1,001,570 

23 

30 . 

$6,615 

$6,615 

23 

43 . :. 

16,915 

$50,000 

66,915 

$23,530 

$50,000 

$73,530 

Total 

,  The  Bronx . 

$546,474 

$113,896 

$34,730 

$380,000 

$1,075,100 

At  the  present  time  but  six  of  the  twelve  schools  in  the  Bronx  for  the  re¬ 
organization  of  which  funds  were  granted  during  1915  have  been  so  re-organized,  viz.. 
Nos.  6,  28,  42,  44,  45  and  53.  The  following  table  shows  that  of  the  total  registration 
of  36,024  in  the  twelve  schools  in  825  classes  exclusive  of  kindergartens,  68  first  year 
classes  are  on  the  double  session  plan,  226  classes  are  on  part  time  and  378  classes  in 
the  six  re-organized  schools  are  on  the  Gary  work-study-and-play  school  plan.  When 
the  re-organization  of  the  three  remaining  schools  (Nos.  2,  5  and  50)  which  do  not 
require  annexes  and  the  four  which  require  annexes  (Nos.  4,  32,  40  and  45)  is  com¬ 
pleted.  there  will  be  accommodations  for  854  classes,  exclusive  of  the  kindergartens. 
All  of  these  classes  will  receive  at  least  five  hours  instruction,  and  the  majority  will 
receive  six  hours. 


14 


Statement  Showing  Register  and  Number  of  Classes  Exclusive  of  Kindergartens  As 
Plan  for  the  Schools  in  Districts  25,  26  and  23,  The  Bronx ,  Which 


Total  Register  and  No. 
of  Classes,  Excluding  Register  and  No. 
Kindergartens  as  of  of  Classes  on 

Public  School  No.  March  31,  1916.  Part  Time. 

, - A - „  , - A - 


( 

No.  of 

No.  of' 

Register. 

Classes.  Register. 

Classes. 

Districts 

2  M . 

2,666 

61 

1,144 

25 

A . 

293 

6 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

4  M . 

3,515 

80 

2,411 

53 

A . 

637 

15 

•  •  •  • 

5 . 

1,059 

26 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

6 . 

1,812 

.  46 

«  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

28  M . 

2,944 

68 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

A . 

301 

7 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

32  M . 

3,126 

71 

2,218 

50 

A . 

68 

4 

#  # 

40 . 

4,781 

98 

3,060 

62 

42  &  A . 

2,994 

64 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

44 . 

2,993 

64 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

45  M . 

2,981 

70 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

A . 

193 

7 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

50 . 

2,895 

68 

1,589 

36 

53 . 

2,766 

70 

.... 

•  •  •  • 

Total . 

36,024 

825 

10,422 

226 

Average  size  of  class,  43.7. 

District 

2,472 

59 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

3,209 

76 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

Total . 

5,681 

135 

•  •  •  • 

«  •  •  • 

Average  size  of  class,  42.1. 


*Note — Public  Schools  6,  28,  42,  44  and  53  were  reorganized  February  1,  1916. 
Public  School  45  was  reorganized  February  27,  1915.  Statistics  regarding  part  time 
and  double  session  as  of  December  31,  1915,  before  reorganization,  are  given  below: 

»  —  --  .  -  -  ---  -  ■  .  -  -  .  ....  --  ■  -  ■  ■  . . .  -  -  -  ■  -  t 

Part  Time.  Double  Session. 

- - A - .  - - A - - 


Public  School.  No.  of  No.  of 

Register.  Classes.  Register.  Classes. 


6 .  811  17  301  7 

28 .  1,632  38  378  8 

42 .  ....  _  2,108  46 

44  .  1,826  40  493  10 

53 .  ....  ....  1,749  40 

45  .  2,418  fS 7  348  f7 


•{■Estimated. 

In  addition  to  the  twelve  schools  which  are  being  reorganized,  there  are  two  new 
seventy-two  class  buildings  now  under  construction,  Nos,  54  and  55,  which  will  be 
completed  during  1916.  These  buildings,  together  with  the  one  in  the  vicinity  of 
179th  Street  and  Third  Avenue,  for  which  corporate  stock  is  requested,  will  increase 
the  class  capacity  of  the  schools  in  the  neighborhood  from  854  to  1,070,  as  against 
825  classes  now  on  register,  exclusive  of  kindergartens.  This  will  mean  a  class 
capacity  of  245  in  excess  of  the  existing  number  of  classes,  as  well  as  a  full  school 
day  for  the  294  classes  at  present  on  double  session  and  part  time.  When  it  is 
considered,  however,  that  the  average  number  of  pupils  per  class  in  the  twelve  schools 


15 


of  March  31,  1916,  Distributed  by  Part  Time ,  Double  Sessions  and  Duplicate  School 
Have  Been  or  Are  to  be  Reorganized  on  the  Duplicate  School  Plan. 


Register  and  No. 
of  Classes  on 
Double  Session 
Plan. 

A  ^ 

No.  of 

Register.  Classes. 


Register  and  No. 

of  Classes  on 
Duplicate  School 
Plan.* 

_ A _ 

No.  of 

Register.  Classes. 


No.  of  Rooms, 
Exclusive  of 
Kindergartens. 


Reg.  Em. 


Proposed 
No.  of 
Classes 
Under 
Duplicate 
School 
Reorgani¬ 
zation. 


25  and  26. 


484 

11 

37 

•  •  •  • 

72 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

6 

645 

14 

46 

•  «  •  • 

88 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

15 

•  •  •  • 

193 

5 

19 

5 

32 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

l,8i2 

46 

31 

2 

48 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

2,944 

68 

46 

•  •  •  • 

*70 
/  £ 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

7 

•  •  •  • 

12 

705 

16 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

29 

A 

8 

72 

•  •  •  • 

521 

•  •  •  • 

11 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

4 

57 

•  •  •  • 

1 

•  •  •  • 

96 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

2,994 

64 

40 

5 

64 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

2,993 

64 

40 

•  •  •  • 

66 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

2,945 

68 

43 

•  •  •  • 

7 

88 

’543 

•  •  •  • 

11 

*  •  *  • 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

45 

/ 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

72 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

2,724 

68 

46 

•  •  •  • 

72 

3,091 

68 

16,412 

378 

490 

49 

854 

946 

22 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

48 

•  •  •  • 

72 

1,329 

30 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

61 

•  •  •  • 

84 

2,275 

52 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

109 

•  •  •  • 

156 

under  consideration  is  43.6.  as  against  a  corresponding  average  of  41.7  for  the  city 
as  a  whole,  and  that  the  increase  in  districts  25  and  26  for  the  past  five  years  has 
been  16,411  pupils,  or  92.3  per  cent.,  and  7,428  pupils,  or  56.8  per  cent.,  respectively,  and 
further,  that  at  least  three  years  must  elapse  before  the  new  building  at  179th  Street 
will  be  ready,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  school  accommodations  which  are  proposed 
are  not  more  ample  than  should  be  projected  for  this  rapidly  increasing  center  of 
population. 

Increase  in  School  Population  Since  1911. 


District  No.  25. 

_ A _ 

District  No.  26. 

Year. 

t - 

Register 
March  31 

A 

Increase 
Year  Over 
Year 

r 

Register 
March  31 

A 

Increase 
Year  Over 
Year. 

1911 . 

17,779 

24,073 

13,071 

15,161 

1912 . 

6,294 

2,090 

1913 . 

26,186 

2,113 

16,914 

1.753 

1914 . 

28,989 

2,803 

18,525 

1,611 

1915 . 

32,629 

3,640 

19,569 

1,044 

1916 . 

34,190 

1,561 

20,499 

930 

Total . 

16,411 

7,428 

Per  cent,  of  increase  since  1911  ... 

92.3% 

56.8% 

16 


Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

For  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  an  aggregate  amount  of  $2,212,179  is  requested  for 
the  purpose  of  reorganizing  the  four  most  congested  districts,  i.  e.,  31,  34,  39  and  40, 
and  for  the  construction  of  two  new  buildings  in  other  districts,  one  to  replace  old 
P.  S.  29  in  District  28,  and  the  other  to  relieve  P.  S.  135  in  the  Rugby  section  of 
District  39.  The  details  of  the  request  are  as  follows  : 


Request  for  Reorganization,  Borough  of  Brooklyn. 


Dist.  P.  S. 

28  N  e  w  29 
38  New  135 


New  Build- 

ings  or 

Altera- 

Equipment.  Sites. 

Additions. 

tions. 

$292,000 

.  $160,000 

292,000 

.  72,000 

Total. 


$452,000 

364,000 


31  16 . 

31  19 . ] 

34  23 . )■ 

31  143 . J 

31  33 . 

31  50 . 

34  110 . 

34  126 . . 

34  132 .  6,500 

34  New  20 .  543,474 


5,580 

8,040 

13,620 

15,035 

13,185 

j  45,000  1 

1 20,000  j 

93,220 

6,350 

8,040 

14,390 

6,300 

10,790 

17,090 

9,850 

8,040 

13,000 

30,890 

10,200 

8,040 

18,240 

11,700 

8,040 

26,240 

240,000 

783,474 

Sub-Total 


549,974  65,015 


64,175  318,000  997,164 


40  64 . 

39  66 .  24,000 

40  72 . 

39  109 .  80,000 

39  125 . 

40  149 .  '  . 

39  150 . 

39  156 . 

39  165 . 

40  173 . 

40  174 . 

39  175 . . . 


4,700 

14,085 

15,000 

33,785 

13,000 

10,790 

20,000 

67,790 

12,005 

8,040 

20,045 

21,400 

14,085 

115,485 

6,075 

5,145 

11,220 

11,955 

10,790 

10,000 

32,745 

12,025 

14,585 

16,000 

42,610 

9,000 

8,040 

17,040 

10,075 

10,790 

20,865 

9,250 

10,790 

20,040 

9,350 

8,040 

17,390 

Sub-Total .  104,000 

Total  Brooklyn.  $1,237,974 


118,835  115,180  61,000  399,015 

$183,850  $179,355  $611,000  $2,212,179 


Statement  Showing  Register  and  Number  of  Classes  Exclusive  of  Kindergartens  as 

Reorganized  on  the  Duplicate  School 


Total  Register  and 
■*  No.  of  Classes 
Exclusive  of 
Kindergartens. 

_ A _ 

Register  and 

No.  of  Classes 
on  Part  Time. 

A 

/ — 

Register. 

A 

No.  of  Classes. 

r 

Register.  No.  of  Classes. 

New  building  . 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

•  •••  •••• 

Public  School 

29 . 

915 

19 

•  •••  •••• 

Public  School 

58 . 

811 

19 

•  •••  •••• 

Public  School 

13 . 

1,537 

35 

158  3 

Sub-Total . 

3,263 

73 

158  3 

Public  School 

78 . 

1,072 

26 

•  •••  •••• 

Public  School 

6 . 

1,662 

37 

Public  School 

32 . 

1,438 

32 

Public  School 

46 . 

1,270 

29 

•  •••  •  •  •  • 

17 


Public  School  29,  which  is  located  at  Columbia  and  Amity  streets,  in  District 
28,  is  housed  in  an  old  building  which  has  for  long  been  unfit  for  occupancy.  This 
building  has  been  in  use  for  school  purposes  since  its  purchase  by  the  City  in  1864, 
prior  to  which  time  it  was  a  public  dance  hall.  The  Board  of  Education  has  requested 
$160,000  for  the  acquisition  of  a  new  site,  and  $292,000  for  the  construction  thereon 
of  a  twenty-six  class  room  building  to  replace  this  old  structure.  In  request¬ 
ing  money  for  a  new  building,  no  comprehensive  study  was  made  of  the 
needs  of  the  entire  district  in  order  to  work  out  a  plan  for  providing  com¬ 
plete  and  satisfactory  school  accommodations.  Besides  old  P.  S.  29,  there  are 
two  other  unsatisfactory  school  buildings  in  the  neighborhood,  viz.,  Nos.  13  and 
58,  which  should  ultimately  be  abandoned.  It  seems  advisable,  therefore,  to  provide 
for  the  construction  of  a  standard  fifty-one  unit  building  at  this  time  to  accommodate 
72  classes,  with  all  facilities  necessary  for  a  work-study-and-play  school  program. 
It  also  seems  advisable  to  provide  for  alterations  in  and  an  addition  to  No.  6,  and 
for  the  reorganization  of  No.  142,  as  proposed  in  the  report  of  Superintendent 
McAndrew,  in  order  to  relieve  congestion  in  P.  S.  27,  32,  78  and  46,  and  provide  for 
the  abandonment  of  eight  unsuitable  rooms  in  the  latter  building.  The  total  expen¬ 
diture  for  the  ultimate  solution  of  the  entire  school  problem  in  District  28  will  thus 
have  been  covered.  It  is,  therefore,  recommended  that  $543,474  be  appropriated  for 
the  construction  of  a  fifty-one  unit  building  to  replace  No.  29,  that  $103,690  and 
$10,000,  respectively,  be  appropriated  for  an  addition  to  and  alterations  in  P.  S.  6,  and 
that  $15,470  be  appropriated  for  alterations  to  and  equipment  of  P.  S.  142.  By  the 
extension  of  the  duplicate  school  plan  through  the  reorganization  of  Public  Schools 
6,  78,  142  and  30,  the  needs  of  the  entire  district  can  thus  be  satisfactorily  met  and 
accommodations  will  be  available  for  high  school  purposes,  besides. 

The  following  table  shows  the  conditions  in  the  schools  of  District  28,  in  which 
14  classes  are  on  part  time  and  45  are  on  the  double  session  plan,  while  15  rooms  are 
unfit  for  use.  The  average  size  of  class  for  the  district  as  a  whole  is  44.6,  which  is 
very  high  when  average  conditions  in  the  city  as  a  whole  are  considered : 

of  March  31,  1916,  Distributed  by  Part  Time  and  Double  Sessions  for  Schools  to  Be 
Plan  in  District  28,  Brooklyn. 


Register  and 

No.  of  Rooms 

Proposed 

Date 

No. 

of  Classes  on 

Exclusive  of 

No.  of  Classes 

of 

Double  Session  Plan. 

Kindergarten. 

Under 

Erection 

.  A 

A 

Duplicate 

of 

f 

r — 

Register. 

No.  of  Classes. 

Regular.  Emergency. 

School  Plan. 

Building. 

•  •  •  • 

202 

•  •  •  • 

4 

•  •  •  • 

16 

72 

•  •  •  • 

1865 

120 

4 

16 

.... 

.  .  . 

1884 

314 

7 

24 

6 

.... 

1860-88 

636 

15 

56 

7 

72 

•  •  •  • 

82 

2 

24 

•  •  •  • 

26 

1888 

4 66 

10 

32 

•  •  •  • 

80 

1906 

229 

5 

29 

•  •  •  • 

32 

1871 

414 

8 

17 

8 

29 

1882-95 

13 


Total  Register  and 

No.  of  Classes 
Exclusive  of 
Kindergartens. 

Register  and 

No.  of  Classes 
on  Part  Time. 

_ : _ A _ 

( — 

Register. 

r  ' 

No.  of  Classes.  Register.  No.  of  Classes. 

Public 

School 

142 . 

1,673 

31 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

Public 

School 

27 . 

1,929 

44 

474 

11 

Public 

School 

30 . 

1,466 

37 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

Sub-Total . 

10,510 

236 

474 

11 

Total. . . 

13,773 

309 

632 

14 

Average  size  of  class,  44.6. 


Public  School  135,  located  on  Church  Avenue  and  East  48th  Street,  in  the  section 
known  as  Rugby,  is  a  twelve  class  school,  occupying  an  eight  room  portable  building 
on  a  leased  site.  Although  the  school  has  all  grades,  it  has  no  suitable  facilities  for 
shop  work  and  domestic  science.  The  Board  of  Education  has  requested  $72,000  for 
the  purchase  of  a  site  and  $292,000  for  the  construction  of  a  twenty-six  class  room 
building  to  relieve  this  school.  It  is  stated  that  the  new  building  is  to  be  on  Snyder 
Avenue,  but  whether  in  the  vicinity  of  48th  Street,  near  P.  S.  135,  or  to  the  west  in 
District  38,  near  33d  Street,  to  relieve  congestion  in  Public  Schools  89,  90,  92  and  152, 
as  was  proposed  in  Item  9  of  the  Corporate  Stock  request  which  was  withdrawn,  is 
not  definitely  stated.  The  children  attending  P.  S.  135  live  for  the  most  part  along 
Church  Avenue  west  of  the  school.  In  the  vicinity  of  Snyder  Avenue  and  33d  Street 
there  is  a  rapidly  growing  district  with  a  large  number  of  children  that  are  inade¬ 
quately  housed  in  P.  S.  90.  By  erecting  a  new  building  in  this  locality,  P.  S.  90  may  be 
relieved  as  well  as  P.  S.  135.  This  territory  is  so  large  and  the  development  thereof 
so  well  assured  that  it  seems  advisable  to  construct  a  standard  fifty-one  unit  building 
to  accommodate  72  classes  on  a  duplicate  school  plan  instead  of  a  twenty-six  room 
building  as  proposed.  It  is  therefore  recommended  that  $543,474  be  appropriated  for 
this  purpose  instead  of  $292,000  as  requested. 

The  Williamsburg  and  Greenpoint  Sections. 

For  the  re-organization  of  District  31,  which  is  the  Williamsburg  section,  and 
District  34,  which  is  the  adjoining  Greenpoint  section,  the. sum  of  $997,164  is  requested. 
Of  this  total,  $240,000  is  for  the  acquisition  of  a  new  site  and  $543,474  for  the  con¬ 
struction  of  a  new  building  to  replace  old  P.  S.  20,  located  at  Union  Avenue  and 
Keap  Street.  These  districts  illustrate  clearly  the  necessity  of  providing  for  the 

Statement  Showing  Register  and  Number .  of  Classes  Exclusive  of  Kindergartens  as 

Reorganized  on  the  Duplicate  School  Plan,  Replaced 


Public  School  No. 


16.. 

17  M 
A. 
A. 
19M 
A. 

33.. 
122.. 

37.. 


Total  Register  and  Number 
of  Classes  Exclusive 
of  Kindergartens. 

- : - a - , 

No.  of 

Register.  Classes. 


1,946 

47 

1,338 

33 

273 

7 

58 

3 

3,072 

69 

172 

4 

1.323 

32 

1.668 

39 

1,199 

28 

Register  and  Number 
of  Classes  on 
Part-Time. 


No.  of 

Register.  Classes. 

District 

321  7 


19 


Register  and 

No.  of  Classes  on 
Double  Session  Plan. 

A 

No.  of  Rooms 
Exclusive  of 
Kindergarten. 

_  A 

IS 

Proposed 
lo.  of  Classes 
Under 
Duplicate 
School  Plan. 

Date 

of 

Erection 

of 

Building. 

r 

Register. 

■\  t 

No.  of  Classes.  Regular. 

■\ 

Emergency. 

•  •  •  • 

.... 

30 

•  •  •  • 

48 

1903 

f 1860-90 

247 

5 

36 

•  •  •  • 

44 

)  1906 

(  1868-83 

.... 

•  •  •  • 

38 

•  •  •  • 

37 

)  1900-06 

1,438 

30 

206 

8 

296 

•  •  •  • 

2,074 

45 

262 

15 

368 

.... 

replacement  of  old  buildings  from  time  to  time.  The  two  districts  have  twenty-three 
separate  school  buildings,  of  which  ten  are  unsatisfactory  for  school  purposes.  In 
solving  the  part  time  and  double  session  problem  it  would  be  possible,  by  re-organizing 
P.  S.  143,  132  and  19,  to  relieve  the  congestion  in  these  buildings  and  also  to  take  care 
of  all  the  classes  in  P.  S.  20.  But  by  erecting  a  new  building  for  P.  S.  20  in  the 
vicinity  of  P.  S.  17,  as  well  as  re-organizing  the  other  schools  occupying  the  best 
buildings  in  the  districts,  not  only  old  No.  20  and  the  annex  to  No.  19,  but  also  Public 
Schools  38,  37,  166,  17,  and  the  annex  to  17,  might  be  abandoned.  The  saving  in  the 
operation  of  one  large  new  building  as  compared  with  the  operation  of  the  six  old 
buildings  mentioned  will  be  approximately  $25,000  a  year. 

No  request  is  made  for  a  new  building  to  take  the  place  of  Public  Schools  31  and 
22,  although  these  schools,  which  have  a  combined  register  of  sixty-nine  classes 
exclusive  of  kindergartens  are  improperly  housed  in  old  buildings  without  adequate 
facilities.  A  new  fifty-one  unit  building  should  be  erected  in  the  near  future  to  replace 
these  buildings.  Public  School  51,  which  will  not  be  needed  for  elementary  school 
purposes,  might  be  used  as  an  annex  to  the  Eastern  District  High  School  to  accom¬ 
modate  the  pupils  now  housed  in  P.  S.  143. 

As  will  appear  from  the  following  table  of  statistics  regarding  registration,  number 
of  classes,  and  school  capacity  present  and  proposed,  for  Districts  31  and  34,  there  are 
49^2  classes  on  part  time  and  117^4  classes  on  double  session  in  the  two  districts,  which 
have  a  total  of  69 6  classes  exclusive  of  kindergartens.  Including  new  P.  S.  20  and 
excluding  old  buildings  to  be  abandoned,  the  re-organization  will  provide  accommoda¬ 
tions  for  752  classes,  an  excess  of  56  over  the  existing  number.  This  would  appear  to 
be  ample  to  provide  for  the  reduction  of  over  size  classes  and  for  immediate  growth  in 
population. 

of  March  31.  1916,  Distributed  by  Part-Time  and  Double  Sessions  for  Schools  to  be 
or  Abandoned,  in  Districts  31  and  34,  Brooklyn. 


31. 


Total  Register  and  Number 
of  Classes  on  Double 
Session  Plan. 

^ - A - \ 

No.  of 


Number  of  Rooms  Ex¬ 
clusive  of  Kindergartens. 


— \. 


Proposed 

Number  of  Date  of 
Classes  Erection 
Under  of 

Duplicate  Building. 


Register. 

Classes. 

Regular. 

Em. 

School  Plan. 

138 

3 

42 

•  •  •  • 

72 

1858—1887 

al6 

649 

15 

29 

•  •  •  • 

1862 

94 

2 

5(4-1) 

.... 

1870 

•  •*+ 

•  oc 

•  oc 

”20 

"59 

’72 

1850—1911 

4 

•  •  •  • 

1879 

32 

80 

f  1871—1884 

259 

6 

36 

)  1900 

28(+l) 

•  •  •  • 

1875—1888 

20 


Public  School  No. 

Total  Register  and  Number 
of  Classes  Exclusive 
of  Kindergartens. 

 A 

Register  and  Number 
of  Classes  on 
Part-Time. 

.  A 

Register. 

No.  of  ' 
Classes. 

Register. 

No.  of 
Classes. 

38 . 

869 

21 

308 

7 

50M . 

2.332 

50 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

A . 

291 

6 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

143 . 

1.701 

40 

671 

14  y2 

166 . 

327 

13 

.... 

.... 

Sub-Total . 

16,569 

392 

1,300 

2814 

District 

20 . 

858 

21 

418 

10 

22 

810 

22 

23 . 

2.115 

48 

97 

2 

31 . 

2.057 

47 

«  e  •  • 

51 . 

914 

22 

182 

4 

59 . 

511 

13 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

110 . 

1,912 

44 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

126 . 

1.902 

45 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

132 . 

1,952 

42 

238 

5 

Sub-Total . 

13,031 

304 

935 

21 

Total  . 

29,600 

696 

2,235 

4914 

Average  size  of  class,  42.5. 

a  Under  construction,  b  High  School  Annex,  c  New. 


The  Brownsville  Section. 

The  total  amount  of  money  requested  for  the  reorganization  of  the  schools  in  the 
Brownsville  section  of  Brooklyn  (Districts  39  and  40)  is  $399,015,  of  which  total 
$104,000  is  for  additions  to  buildings,  $118,835  for  alterations  in  old  buildings,  $115,180 
for  equipment,  and  $61,000  for  additional  sites.  As  most  of  the  school  buildings  in 
the  Brownsville  section  are  comparatively  new,  this  problem  is  one  of  changing 
existing  buildings,  adding  new  equipment  and  additional  playground  space,  rather  than 
of  replacing  old  buildings.  As  will  appear  from  the  following  table  giving  statistics 
for  school  registration,  number  of  classes  and  school  capacity  present  and  proposed, 
accommodations  are  provided  in  the  reorganization  for  914  classes  as  against  an  exist¬ 
ing  number  of  754  exclusive  of  kindergartens.  In  view  of  the  great  demand  for 
additional  high  school  accommodations  in  this  section,  $840,000  having  been  included 
in  the  Corporate  Stock  request  which  was  withdrawn,  for  the  purpose  of  constructing 
a  ne.v  high  school  building  on  the  site  owned  at  Dumont,  Pennsylvania  and  Sheffield 
Avenues,  it  should  be  noted  that  it  will  be  practicable  to  utilize  fifty  or  sixty  of  the 


Statement  Showing  Register  and  Number  of  Classes  Exclusive  of  Kindergartens  as 

Reorganized  on  the  Duplicate  School 


Public  School  No. 

Total  Register  and  Number 
of  Classes  Exclusive 
of  Kindergartens. 

A 

Register  and  Number 
of  Classes  on 
Part-Time. 

A 

r 

Register. 

No.  of 
Classes. 

Register. 

No.  of 
Classes. 

District 

66 . 

2,137 

50 

•  •  •  • 

109B . 

2,412 

52 

844 

17 

109G . 

2.489 

51 

539 

11 

125 . 

1.711 

36 

192 

4 

150 . 

2,013 

47 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

21 


Total  Register  and  Number 
of  Classes  on  Double 
Session  Plan. 

Number  of  Rooms  Ex¬ 
clusive  of  Kindergartens. 

A 

Proposed 
Number  of 
Classes 
Under 
Duplicate 
School  Plan 

Date  of 
Erection 

( 

Register. 

No.  of 
Classes. 

( 

Regular. 

A 

Em. 

of 

Building. 

219 

5 

15(4-1) 

1865 

688 

14 

44 

•  •  •  •  | 

80  S 
l 

1915 

.  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

6 

•  •  •  •  | 

1858—1899 

238 

5H 

645 

•  •  •  • 

64 

1903 

158 

6 

8 

4 

.... 

1854—1869 

3,327 

76^ 

369 

4 

368 

34. 

267 

6 

13  (+1) 

c72 

1848—1869 

80 

2 

21 

21 

1856—1884 

87 

2 

46 

60 

1858—1894 

764 

16 

39 

39 

1874—1890 

185 

4 

18 

b. . . . 

1886 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

13(+1) 

•  •  •  • 

1869 

187 

4 

43 

60 

1895—1906 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

46 

72 

1900—1909 

353 

7 

36 

60 

1902—1905 

1,923 

41 

275 

.... 

384 

5,250 

117J4 

644  (+5) 

4 

752 

increased  class  capacity  of  160  provided  under  the  reorganization  in  these  two  districts 
for  the  accommodation  of  high  school  pupils  in  elementary  schools,  especially  in 
Public  Schools  109  and  64.  In  fact,  it  is  entirely  feasible  to  devote  one  section  of  the 
latter  building  exclusively  to  high  school  purposes  since  it  has  two  auditoriums  and  is 
so  large  that  complete  facilities  might  be  provided  for  a  separate  high  school  organi¬ 
zation  if  the  union  of  high  and  elementary  schools  in  one  organization  should  appear 
undesirable.  The  remaining  capacity  for  one  hundred  classes  will  be  available  for  the 
reduction  of  over  size  classes  and  the  growth  of  population.  Although  no  request  has 
been  made  for  a  new  building  in  the  Brownsville  section,  it  is  evident  that  additional 
relief  for  Public  Schools  174  and  149  cannot  be  much  longer  delayed.  The  City  owns 
a  site  near  P.  S.  174,  at  Dumont,  Pennsylvania  and  Sheffield  Avenues,  which  was 
acquired  for  high  school  purposes.  In  view  of  the  fact  that  Brownsville  has  four 
very  large  elementary  schools  that  should  have  high  school  departments,  i.  e.,  Public 
Schools  64,  84,  109  and  156,  the  high  school  site  near  P.  S.  174  should  be  used  for  a 
combination  elementary  and  high  school.  It  is  therefore  recommended  that  $543,474 
be  appropriated  at  this  time  for  the  construction  of  a  fifty-one  unit  building  on  the 
aforesaid  site. 

of  March  31,  1916,  Distributed  by  Part-Time  and  Double  Sessions  for  Schools  to  be 
Plan  in  Districts  39  and  40,  Brooklyn. 


Total  Register  and  Number 
of  Classes  on  Double 
Session  Plan. 


No.  of 

Register.  Classes. 


Number  of  Rooms  Ex¬ 
clusive  of  Kindergartens. 


Regular.  Em. 


Proposed 

Number  of  Date  of 
Classes  Erection 
Under  of 

Duplicate  Building. 
School  Plan. 


.UO 

•  •  •  • 

7 1 

50 

558 

11  1 

78 

300 

6 

24 

•  •  •  • 

47 

•  •  •  • 

72 

1906 

112 

1895—1907 

7 

36 

1900—1905 

72 

1907 

22 


Total  Register  and  Number  Register  and  Number 
of  Classes  Exclusive  of  Classes  on 


*  of  Kindergartens.  Part-Time. 

- A - -  - - A _ 


Public  School  No. 

f 

Register. 

No.  of  ' 
Classes. 

Register. 

No.  of 
Classes 

156B . 

2,295 

49 

478 

10 

156G . 

2,302 

48 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

165 . 

1,942 

40 

•  •  •  • 

•  •  •  • 

175 . 

2,813 

62 

620 

14 

Sub-Total . 

20,114 

435 

2,673 

56 

Distri 

64 . 

3,297 

75 

.... 

72 . 

1,974 

43 

359 

7 

149 . 

3,133 

67 

562 

12 

173 . 

2,028 

47 

.... 

•  •  •  • 

174 . 

4,146 

87 

2.875 

60 

Sub-Total . 

14,578 

319 

3,796 

79 

Total  . . 

34.692 

754 

6,469 

135 

Average  size  of  class,  46.0. 

Reorganization — Borough  of  Queens. 

The  original  request  now  under  consideration  did  not  include  any  provision  for 
the  Borough  of  Queens,  it  being  the  intention  to  consider  the  needs  of  that  borough  in 
a  subsequent  report.  Owing  to  the  local  pressure,  an  item  in  the  sum  of  $99,095 
to  relieve  congestion  in  P.  S.  6  was  inserted  therein,  of  which  amount  $45,500  is  for  a 
six-room  addition  to  the  building,  $40,000  for  additional  land,  $2,250  for  alterations 
and  $11,345  for  equipment.  The  cost  of  acquiring  three  additional  lots  estimated  at 
$20,000  was,  in  error,  duplicated  in  the  request. 

Public  School  6,  which  is  located  on  Steinway  Avenue  near  Broadway,  is  a 
building  containing  thirty-six  class  rooms,  an  auditorium,  a  shop  and  a  kitchen,  in 
which  forty-six  classes  are  now  housed.  Twelve  classes  are  on  part  time  and  six  on 
the  double  session  plan.  Under  the  work-study-and-play  duplicate  school  organiza¬ 
tion,  P.  S.  6  could  easily  accommodate  fifty-four  classes  without  building  an  addition 
if  proper  playground  facilities  were  provided.  The  building  development  in  the 
neighborhood  indicates  that  this  increase  of  eight  in  class  capacity  will  be  needed  in 
the  near  future.  The  three  lots  requested  should  be  acquired  and  two  more  in 
addition.  It  is  recommended  that  the  request  for  an  addition  to  the  building  be 
denied  but  that  funds  for  five  lots,  for  alterations  in  the  present  building  and  for 
special  equipment,  be  provided.  The  additional  capacity  required  for  further  growth 
in  population  in  this  section  of  Long  Island  City,  can  be  provided  through  the  reorgani¬ 
zation  of  Public  Schools  4  and  5.  Later  it  will  be  advisable  to  build  on  the  site 
owned  at  Pierce  and  Rapelje  Avenues. 

High  School  Additions. 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing  provision  for  the  reorganization  of  elementary 
schools,  the  request  under  consideration  includes  $399,187  for  an  addition  to  the 
Newtown  High  School  and  $394,830  for  an  addition  to  the  Bryant  High  School, 
which  items  were  fifth  and  sixth  respectively  in  order  of  urgency  for  the  city  as  a 
whole  in  the  request  ior  $6,471,739  that  was  withdrawn. 

The  Newtown  High  School  is  so  congested  that  some  provision  for  its  relief  is 
imperative.  The  school  is  housed  in  a  building  which  was  constructed  prior  to 
consolidation  for  a  so-called  union  school.  Although  occupied  exclusively  by  high 
school  pupils  it  has  never  been  provided  with  high  school  facilities.  The  school  has 
1,159  pupils  on  register  in  a  building  which  was  designed  to  accommodate  800  pupils. 
An  additional  register  of  245  pupils  is  housed  in  P.  S.  89,  an  elementary  school 
building  some  one-half  mile  away.  The  latter  building  has  now  become  so  crowded 
that  the  high  school  pupils  temporarily  accommodated  therein  must  be  provided  for 
elsewhere  without  delay.  The  high  school  building  occupies  an  entire  block  (200  feet 
by  375  feet),  the  site  having  been  enlarged  several  years  ago  for  the  express  purpose  of 


23 


Total  Register  and  Number 
of  Classes  on  Double 

Session  Plan. 

_ 

Number  of  Rooms  Ex¬ 
clusive  of  Kindergartens. 

K 

Proposed 
Number  of 
Classes 
Under 
Duplicate 
School  Plan. 

Date  of 
Erection 
of 

Building. 

Register. 

No.  of 
Classes. 

r  -  - 

Regular.  Em. 

804 

1,483 

16 1 

30  j 

68 

112 

1909 

611 

12 

34 

56 

1912 

804 

16 

47 

72 

1914 

4,910 

98 

348  7 

532 

40. 

383 

8 

71 

112 

1900—1908 

576 

12 

33 

48  1887— 92— 96 

359 

8 

57 

78 

1906 

47 

72 

1913 

951 

20 

47 

72 

1913 

2,269 

48 

255 

382 

7.179 

146 

603  7 

914 

accommodating  an  addition.  The  proposed  addition  will  contain  an  auditorium,  a 
library,  two  drawing  rooms,  two  laboratories,  one  cooking  room,  two  sewing  and  dress¬ 
making  rooms,  one  typewriting  room,  one  music  room,  two  study  halls,  two  gymna¬ 
siums  and  two  lunch  rooms. 

The  Bryant  High  School  which  is  located  on  Wilbur  Avenue,  Long  Island  City, 
near  the  Plaza  of  the  Queensborough  Bridge,  occupies  a  building  which  has  never 
been  completed,  the  section  originally  designed  to  contain  an  auditorium  and  a 
gymnasium  never  having  been  constructed.  There  is  no  question  that  the  school 
should  be  provided  with  the  additional  facilities  required  for  high  school  work. 
A  room  in  the  basement  has  been  converted  into  a  gymnasium  but  the  low  ceiling 
makes  ventilation  difficult  and  besides  there  is  an  absolute  lack  of  dressing  rooms  and 
locker  facilities  in  connection  therewith,  nor  are  there  shower  baths  and  other 
customary  conveniences.  The  school  has  1,481  on  register,  of  whom  219  are  accom¬ 
modated  in  P.  S.  4  nearby  and  182  in  P.  S.  7  at  Astoria.  Additional  capacity  is 
needed  to  accommodate  the  pupils  now  housed  in  these  two  elementary  school  build¬ 
ings  and,  besides,  the  school  is  without  proper  facilities  for  the  several  courses  which 
it  offers  to  students,  one  of  which  is  a  course  in  manual  training.  It  is  proposed  to 
construct  an  addition  on  the  present  site  to  contain  an  auditorium,  two  laboratories, 
two  shops,  two  drawing  rooms,  one  typewriting  room,  one  geography  room  and  two 
lunch  rooms. 

Sites. 

For  the  acquisition  of  eighteen  new  sites  required  for  the  reorganization  herein 
considered,  the  Board  of  Education  requested  $1,131,000.  The  $20,000  estimated  to  be 
required  for  additional  land  adjoining  P.  S.  6.  Queens,  was  in  error  duplicated  in  the 
request.  The  proposition  to  acquire  land  adjoining  P.  S.  149,  Brooklyn,  had  been 
abandoned,  but  the  item  of  $10,000  for  the  acquisition  thereof  was  inadvertently  not 
eliminated  from  the  estimate.  If  the  buildings  to  replace  P.  S.  29  and  to  relieve 
P.  S.  135,  Brooklyn,  are  to  be  increased  to  fifty-one  units  each,  it  is  desirable  that 
larger  sites  be  acquired.  For  P.  S.  6  in  Long  Island  City  it  is  also  recommended  that 
five  lots  be  acquired  instead  of  three.  Furthermore,  it  is  also  desirable  that  more 
land  be  acquired  for  P.  S.  23.  Brooklyn,  than  was  originally  proposed.  The  change 
in  the  location  of  P.  S.  20,  Brooklyn,  will  also  affect  the  amount  required  for  the 
purchase  of  a  site  for  the  new  school.  The  site  for  the  new  school  at  179th  Street 
and  Third  Avenue.  The  Bronx,  should  also  be  larger  than  proposed.  Taking  all  these 
matters  into  consideration,  the  Appraiser  of  Real  Estate,  Department  of  Finance, 
has  estimated  that  $1,121,000  should  be  provided  for  the  acquisition  of  sites,  which 
sum  is  herein  recommended. 

Report  of  Bureau  of  Contract  Supervision. 

The  Bureau  of  Contract  Supervision  has  analyzed  and  checked  the  estimates  of 


24 


cost,  which  have  been  found  to  be  reasonable.  For  the  new  buildings  and  additions, 
these  estimates  have  been  based  on  actual  costs  of  existing  buildings  of  approximately 
the  same  capacity  and  size,  plus  25  per  cent,  because  of  the  advanced  prices  of 
materials  and  labor.  The  estimates  of  cost  for  the  alterations  have  been  based  on 
tentative  plans  and  studies  for  the  proposed  changes.  These  plans  have,  not  been 
completed  beyond  the  stage  of  preliminary  sketches.  For  the  equipment  to  be  pro¬ 
vided,  standard  prices  for  the  various  rooms  have  been  set  up  and  used  throughout 
the  estimates.  It  is  possible  that  before  the  final  adoption  and  approval  of  the  plans 
there  may  be  changes  in  the  numbers  and  classes  of  the  various  rooms  to  be 
equipped  due  to  a  subsequent  rearrangement  of  the  activities  to  be  provided.  The 
amounts  estimated  will  allow  of  increases  in  some  instances  to  be  offset  by  decreases 
in  others.  Before  the  execution  of  any  of  the  contracts  it  is  recommended  that  the 
approval  of  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  be  required  in  order  that 
satisfactory  provision  be  assured  for  the  various  activities  and  proper  estimates  of 
cost  approved. 


Summary  of  Recommendations. 


New  Buildings — 

New  — ,  179th  Street  and  3d  Avenue,  The  Bronx .  $543,474  00 

New  Public  School  20,  Brooklyn .  543,474  00 

New  Public  School  29,  Brooklyn .  543,474  00 

New  Building  to  relieve  Public  School  135,  Brooklyn .  543,474  00 

New  — ,  on  site  owned  at  Dumont,  Pennsylvania  and 
Sheffield  Avenues,  Brooklyn .  543,474  00 


Additions  to  Old  Buildings — 

Public  School  83,  Manhattan .  $166,500  00 

Public  School  5,  The  Bronx .  3,000  00 

Public  School  132,  Brooklyn .  6,500  00 

Public  School  66,  Brooklyn .  24,000  00 

Public  School  109,  Brooklyn .  80,000  00 

Public  School  6,  Brooklyn .  103,690  00 

Newtown  High  School  .  399,187  00 

Bryant  High  School  .  394,830  00 


Alterations  and  Equipment — 

Borough  of  Manhattan  .  $129,266  00 

Borough  of  The  Bronx .  148,626  00 

Borough  of  Brooklyn .  388,675  00 

Borough  of  Queens  .  13,595  00 


Sites — All  Boroughs  . 

Salaries  and  Wages — All  Boroughs 
Contingencies — All  Boroughs  . 


$2,717,370  00 


$1,177,707  00 


$680,162  00 
1,121,000  00 
194,000  00 
10,000  00 


Total .  $5,900,239  00 

In  conclusion,  we  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  following  resolutions  authoriz¬ 
ing  corporate  stock  in  the  sum  of  $5,900,239  as  per  the  foregoing  schedule. 

Respectfully, 

WM.  A.  PRENDERGAST,  Comptroller;  JOHN  PURROY  MITCHEL,  Mayor; 
LEWIS  H.  POUNDS,  President,  Borough  of  Brooklyn;  Committee  on  Education. 

WM.  A.  PRENDERGAST,  Comptroller;  FRANK  L.  DOWLING,  President 
Board  of  Aldermen;  LEWIS  H.  POUNDS,  President,  Borough  of  Brooklyn*  I 
concur  in  recommendations  except  that  I  think  the  fifty  per  cent,  proposed  to  be  paid 
from  one-year  Corporate  Stock  should  be  paid  from  tax  notes,  DOUGLAS  MATH- 
EWSON,  President,  Borough  of  The  Bronx;  Committee  on  Corporate  Stock  Budget. 

.  Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  pursuant  to  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  section  47  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  as  amended,  hereby  approves 
of  the  issue  of  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  the 
proportions  hereinafter  specified,  to  the  amount  of  five  hundred  and  forty-three  thou¬ 
sand  four  hundred  and  seventy-four  dollars  ($543,474),  to  provide  means  for  the 
construction  and  equipment  of  a  new  public  school  building  on  a  site  to  be  acquired 
in  the  vicinity  of  179th  Street  and  Third  Avenue,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  Department  of  Education,  and  that  when  authority  therefor  shall 
have  been  obtained  from  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby 
authorized  to  issue,  in  the  manner  provided  by  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York 


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Charter,  serial  bonds  of  The  City  of  New  York  which  shall  mature  and  be  redeemed 
in  equal  annual  instalments  during  a  period  of  fifteen  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  to 
an  amount  not  exceeding  one-half  of  the. total  authorization  of  five  hundred  and 
forty-three  thousand  four  hundred  and  seventy-four  dollars  ($543,474),  and  to  the 
extent  of  the  remaining  one-half  of  said  total  authorization,  to  issue  corporate  stock 
of  The  City  of  New  York  maturing  in  not  more  than  one  year  from  the  date  of 
issue,  payment  of  which  shall  be  provided  for  in  the  annual  tax  budget  or  budgets 
next  succeeding  the  dates  on  which  such  corporate  stock  shall  have  been  actually 
issued,  the  proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock,  to  the  amount  of  the 
par  value  thereof,  to  be  applied  to  the  purposes  aforesaid;  provided,  however,  that 
no  encumbrance  or  expenditure  by  contract  shall  be  made  against  the  proceeds  of 
the  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  herein  authorized,  nor  shall  bids  upon  such 
contracts  be  advertised  for,  until  after  approval  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Appor¬ 
tionment  of  the  plans,  specifications,  estimates  of  cost,  and  forms  of  such  contracts 
which  shall  be  submitted  to  said  Board  by  the  Department  of  Education,  nor  shall 
any  architect,  engineer,  expert  or  departmental  employee  be  engaged  or  employed  as 
a  charge  against  such  proceeds,  except  after  approval  by  said  Board  of  such  employ¬ 
ment  and  of  the  fee  or  wage,  to  be  paid  by  preliminary  and  final  contract,  voucher,  or 
budget  schedule,  which  are  to  be  similarly  submitted,  unless  in  the  case  of  departmental 
employees,  such  employment  is  in  accordance  with  schedules  approved  by  said  Board. 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  pursuant  to  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  section  47  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  as  amended,  hereby  approves 
of  the  issue  of  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  the 
proportions  hereinafter  specified,  to  the  amount  of  five  hundred  and  forty-three  thou¬ 
sand  four  hundred  and  seventy-four  dollars  ($543,474),  to  provide  means  for  the 
construction  and  equipment  of  new  Public  School  20,  on  a  site  to  be  acquired  in  the  vi¬ 
cinity  of  Driggs  Avenue  and  North  5th  Street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  under  the  juris¬ 
diction  of  the  Department  of  Education,  and  that  when  authority  therefor  shall  have 
been  obtained  from  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized 
to  issue,  in  the  manner  provided  by  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  serial 
bonds  of  The  City  of  New  York  which  shall  mature  and  be  redeemed  in  equal  annual 
instalments  during  a  period  of  fifteen  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  to  an  amount  not 
exceeding  one-half  of  the  total  authorization  of  five  hundred  and  forty-three  thousand 
four  hundred  and  seventy-four  dollars,  and  to  the  extent  of  the  remaining  one-half 
of  said  total  authorization,  to  issue  corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  New  York  maturing 
in  not  more  than  one  year  from  the  date  of  issue,  payment  of  which  shall  be  provided 
for  in  the  annual  tax  budget  or  budgets  next  succeeding  the  dates  on  which  such 
corporate  stock  shall  have  been  actually  issued,  the  proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and 
corporate  stock,  to  the  amount  of  the  par  value  thereof,  to  be  applied  to  the  purposes 
aforesaid ;  provided,  however,  that  no  encumbrance  or  expenditure  by  contract  shall 
be  made  against  the  proceeds  of  the  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  herein  authorized, 
nor  shall  bids  upon  such  contracts  be  advertised  for,  until  after  approval  by  the  Board 
of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  of  the  plans,  specifications,  estimates  of  cost,  and 
forms  of  such  contracts  which  shall  be  submitted  to  said  board  by  the  Department  of 
Education,  'nor  shall  any  architect,  engineer,  expert  or  departmental  employee  be 
engaged  or  employed  as  a  charge  against  such  proceeds,  except  after  approval  by  said 
Board  of  such  employment  and  of  the  fee  or  wage  to  be  paid  by  preliminary  and  final 
contract,  voucher,  or  budget  schedule  which  are  to  be  similarly  submitted,  unless  in 
the  case  of  departmental  employees,  such  employment  is  in  accordance  with  schedules 
approved  by  said  Board. 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  pursuant  to  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  section  47  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  as  amended,  hereby  approves 
of  the  issue  of  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  the 
proportions  hereinafter  specified,  to  the  amount  of  five  hundred  and  forty-three  thou¬ 
sand  four  hundred  and  seventy-four  dollars  ($543,474),  to  provide  means  for  the 
construction  and  equipment  of  new  Public  School  29,  on  a  site  to  be  acquired  in  the  vi¬ 
cinity  of  Hicks  and  Harrison  Streets,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  under  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  Department  of  Education,  and  that  when  authority  therefor  shall  have  been  obtained 
from  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue,  in 
the  manner  provided  by  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  \ork  Charter,  serial  bonds  of 
The  City  of  New  York  which  shall  mature  and  be  redeemed  in  equal  annual  instal¬ 
ments  during  a  period  of  fifteen  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  to  an  amount  not 
exceeding  one-half  of  the  total  authorization  of  five  hundred  and  forty-three  thousand 
four  hundred  and  seventy-four  dollars  ($543,474),  and  to  the  extent  of  the  remaining 
one-half  of  said  total  authorization,  to  issue  corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  hew  York 
maturing  in  not  more  than  one  year  from  the  date  of  issue,  payment  of  which  shall  be 


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provided  for  in  the  annual  tax  budget  or  budgets  next  succeeding  the  dates  on  which 
such  corporate  stock  shall  have  been  actually  issued,  the  proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and 
corporate  stock,  to  the  amount  of  the  par  value  thereof,  to  be  applied  to  the  purposes 
aforesaid ;  provided,  however,  that  no  encumbrance  or  expenditure  by  contract  shall 
be  made  against  the  proceeds  of  the  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  herein  authorized, 
nor  shall  bids  upon  such  contracts  be  advertised  for,  until  after  approval  by  the  Board 
of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  of  the  plans,  specifications,  estimates  of  cost,  and 
forms  of  such  contracts  which  shall  be  submitted  to  said  Board  by  the  Department 
of  Education,  nor  shall  any  architect,  engineer,  expert  or  departmental  employee  be 
engaged  or  employed  as  a  charge  against  such  proceeds,  except  after  approval  by  said 
Board  of  such  employment  and  of  the  fee  or  wage  to  be  paid  by  preliminary  and  final 
contract,  voucher,  or  budget  schedule  which  are  to  be  similarly  submitted,  unless  in  the 
case  of  departmental  employees,  such  employment  is  in  accordance  with  schedules 
approved  by  said  Board. 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  pursuant  to  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  section  47  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  as  amended,  hereby  approves 
of  the  issue  of  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  the 
proportions  hereinafter  specified,  to  the  amount  of  five  hundred  and  forty-three  thou¬ 
sand  four  hundred  and  seventy-four  dollars  ($543,474),  to  provide  means  for  the 
construction  and  equipment  of  a  new  building  to  relieve  Public  School  135,  on  a  site  to 
be  acquired  in  the  vicinity  of  Snyder  Avenue  and  East  33d  Street,  Borough  of  Brooklyn, 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Department  of  Education,  and  that  when  authority  there¬ 
for  shall  have  been  obtained  from  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  the  Comptroller  be  and  is 
hereby  authorized  to  issue,  in  the  manner  provided  by  section  169  of  the  Greater  New 
York  Charter,  serial  bonds  of  The  City  of  New  York  which  shall  mature  and  be  redeemed 
in  equal  annual  instalments  during  a  period  of  fifteen  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  to 
an  amount  not  exceeding  one-half  of  the  total  authorization  of  five  hundred  and  forty- 
three  thousand  four  hundred  and  seventy-four  dollars,  ($543,474),  and  to  the  extent 
of  the  remaining  one-half  of  said  total  authorization,  to  issue  corporate  stock  of  The 
City  of  New  York  maturing  in  not  more  than  one  year  from  the  date  of  issue,  pay¬ 
ment  of  which  shall  be  provided  for  in  the  annual  tax  budget  or  budgets  next  suc¬ 
ceeding  the  dates  on  which  such  corporate  stock  shall  have  been  actually  issued,  the 
proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock,  to  the  amount  of  the  par  value 
thereof,  to  be  applied  to  the  purposes  aforesaid;  provided,  however,  that  no  encum¬ 
brance  or  expenditure  by  contract  shall  be  made  against  the  proceeds  of  the  serial 
bonds  and  corporate  stock  herein  authorized,  nor  shall  bids  upon  such  contracts  be 
advertised  for,  until  after  approval  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  of 
the  plans,  specifications,  estimates  of  cost  and  forms  of  such  contracts  which  shall  be 
submitted  to  said  Board  by  the  Department  of  Education,  nor  shall  any  architect, 
engineer,  expert  or  departmental  employee  be  engaged  or  employed  as  a  charge  against 
such  proceeds,  except  after  approval  by  said  Board  of  such  employment  and  of  the 
fee  or  wage  to  be  paid  by  preliminary  and  final  contract,  voucher  or  budget  schedule 
which  are  to  be  similarly  submitted,  unless  in  the  case  of  departmental  employees  such 
employment  is  in  accordance  with  schedules  approved  by  said  Board. 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  pursuant  to  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  section  47  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  as  amended,  hereby  approves 
of  the  issue  of  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  the 
proportions  hereinafter  specified,  to  the  amount  of  five  hundred  and  forty-three  thou¬ 
sand  four  hundred  and  seventy-four  dollars  ($543,474),  to  provide  means  for  the 
construction  and  equipment  of  a  new  Public  School  building  on  a  site  owned  by  the 
City  at  Dumont,  Pennsylvania  and  Sheffield  avenues,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  Department  of  Education,  and  that  when  authority  therefor  shall 
have  been  obtained  from  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  the  Comptroller  be  and  is  hereby 
authorized  to  issue,  in  the  manner  provided  by  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York 
Charter,  serial  bonds  of  The  City  of  New  York  which  shall  mature  and  be  redeemed 
in  equal  annual  instalments  during  a  period  of  fifteen  years  from  the  date  of  issue, 
to  an  amount  not  exceeding  one-half  of  the  total  authorization  of  five  hundred  and 
forty-three  thousand  four  hundred  and  seventy-four  dollars  ($543,474),  and  to  the 
extent  of  the  remaining  one-half  of  said  total  authorization,  to  issue  corporate  stock 
of  The  City  of  New  York,  maturing  in  not  more  than  one  year  from  the  date  of 
issue,  payment  of  which  shall  be  provided  for  in  the  annual  tax  budget  or  budgets 
next  succeeding  the  dates  on  which  such  corporate  stock  shall  have  been  actually  issued, 
the  proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock,  to  the  amount  of  the  par  value 
thereof,  to  be  applied  to  the  purposes  aforesaid ;  provided,  however,  that  no  encum¬ 
brance  or  expenditure  by  contract  shall  be  made  against  the  proceeds  of  the  serial 
bonds  and  corporate  stock  herein  authorized,  nor  shall  bids  upon  such  contracts  be 


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advertised  for,  until  after  approval  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  of 
the  plans,  specifications,  estimates  of  cost  and  forms  of  such  contracts  which  shall 
be  submitted  to  said  Board  by  the  Department  of  Education,  nor  shall  any  architect, 
engineer,  expert  or  departmental  employee  be  engaged  or  employed  as  a  charge 
against  such  proceeds,  except  after  approval  by  said  Board  of  such  employment  and 
of  the  fee  or  wage  to  be  paid  by  preliminary  and  final  contract,  voucher,  or  budget 
schedule  which  are  to  be  similarly  submitted,  unless  in  the  case  of  departmental  em¬ 
ployees,  such  employment  is  in  accordance  with  schedules  approved  by  said  Board. 

Resolved,  By  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  that,  pursuant  to  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  the  Comptroller  be  and 
is  hereby  authorized  to  issue,  in  the  manner  provided  by  said  section,  bonds  of  The 
City  of  New  York  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  sixty-six  thousand 
five  hundred  dollars  ($166,500),  of  which  one-half  shall  be  serial  bonds  of  The  City 
of  New  York,  which  shall  mature  and  be  redeemed  in  equal  annual  instalments  during 
a  period  of  fifteen  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  and  one-half  corporate  stock  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  maturing  in  not  more  than  one  year  from  the  date  of  issue,  pay¬ 
ment  of  which  shall  be  provided  for  in  the  annual  tax  budget  or  budgets  next  suc¬ 
ceeding  the  dates  on  which  such  corporate  stock  shall  have  been  actually  issued,  the 
proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  to  the  amount  of  the  par  value 
thereof,  to  provide  means  for  the  construction  and  equipment  of  an  addition  to 
Public  School  83,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Depart¬ 
ment  of  Education ;  provided,  however,  that  no  encumbrance  or  expenditure  by 
contract  shall  be  made  against  the  proceeds  of  the  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock 
herein  authorized,  nor  shall  bids  upon  such  contracts  be  advertised  for,  until  after 
approval  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  of  the  plans,  specifications, 
estimates  of  cost,  and  forms  of  such  contracts  which  shall  be  submitted  to  said  Board 
by  the  Department  of  Education,  nor  shall  any  architect,  engineer,  expert  or  depart¬ 
mental  employee  be  engaged  or  employed  as  a  charge  against  such  proceeds  except 
after  approval  by  said  Board  of  such  employment  and  of  the  fee  or  wage  to  be  paid 
by  preliminary  and  final  contract,  voucher  or  budget  schedule  which  are  to  he  similarly 
submitted,  unless  in  the  case  of  departmental  employees,  such  employment  is  in  ac¬ 
cordance  with  schedules  approved  by  said  Board. 

Resolved,  By  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  that,  pursuant  to  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  the  Comptroller  be  and 
hereby  is  authorized  to  issue,  in  the  manner  provided  by  said  section,  bonds  of  The 
City  of  New  York  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  three  thousand  dollars  ($3,000),  of 
which  one-half  shall  be  serial  bonds  of  The  City  of  New  York,  which  shall  mature 
and  be  redeemed  in  equal  annual  instalments  during  a  period  of  fifteen  years  from 
the  date  of  issue,  and  one-half  corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  maturing 
in  not  more  than  one  year  from  the  date  of  issue,  payment  of  which  shall  be  pro¬ 
vided  for  in  the  annual  tax  budget  or  budgets  next  succeeding  the  dates  on  which  such 
corporate  stock  shall  have  been  actually  issued,  proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and 
corporate  stock  to  the  amount  of  the  par  value  thereof,  to  provide  means  for 
the  construction  of  an  addition  to  Public  School  5,  Borough  of  The  Bronx,  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  Department  of  Education;  provided,  however,  that  no  encum¬ 
brance  or  expenditure  by  contract  shall  be  made  against  the  proceeds  of  the  serial 
bonds  and  corporate  stock  herein  authorized,  nor  shall  bids  upon  such  contracts  be 
advertised  for,  until  after  approval  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  of 
the  plans,  specifications,  estimates  of  cost,  and  forms  of  such  contracts  which  shall  be 
submitted  to  said  Board  by  the  Department  of  Education,  nor  shall  any  architect, 
engineer,  expert  or  departmental  employee  be  engaged  or  employed  as  a  charge  against 
such  proceeds  except  after  approval  by  said  Board  of  such  employment  and  of  the 
fee  or  wa ge  to  be  paid  by  preliminary  and  final  contract,  voucher  or  budget  schedule 
which  are  to  be  similarly  submitted,  unless  in  the  case  of  departmental  employees,  such 
employment  is  in  accordance  with  schedules  approved  by  said  Board. 

Resolved,  By  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  that  pursuant  to  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  the  Comptroller  be  and  is 
hereby  authorized  to  issue,  in  the  manner  provided  by  said  section,  bonds  of  The  City 
of  New  York  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  two  hundred  and  fourteen  thousand  one 
hundred  and  ninety  dollars  ($214,190),  of  which  one-half  shall  be  serial  bonds  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  which  shall  mature  and  be  redeemed  in  equal  annual  installments 
during  a  period  of  fifteen  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  and  one-half  corporate  stock  of 
The  City  of  New  York,  maturing  in  not  more  than  one  year  from  the  date  of  issue, 
payment  of  which  shall  be  provided  for  in  the  annual  tax  budget  or  budgets  next 
succeeding  the  dates  on  which  such  corporate  stock  shall  have  been  actually  issued, 
the  proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  to  the  amount  of  the  par  value 


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thereof,  to  provide  means  for  the  construction  and  equipment  of  additions  to 
Public  Schools  6,  66,  109  and  132,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  Department  of  Education;  provided,  however,  that  no  encumbrance  or  ex¬ 
penditure  by  contract  shall  be  made  against  the  proceeds  of  the  serial  bonds  and 
corporate  stock  herein  authorized,  nor  shall  bids  upon  such  contracts  be  adver¬ 
tised  for,  until  after  approval  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  of 
the  plans,  specifications,  estimates  of  cost,  and  forms  of  such  contracts  which  shall 
be  submitted  to  said  Board  by  the  Department  of  Education,  nor  shall  any  architect, 
engineer,  expert  or  departmental  employee  be  engaged  or  employed  as  a  charge  against 
such  proceeds  except  after  approval  by  said  Board  of  such  employment  and  of  the 
fee  or  wage  to  be  paid  by  preliminary  and  final  contract,  voucher  or  budget  schedule 
which  are  to  be  similarly  submitted,  unless  in  the  case  of  departmental  employees, 
sucli  employment  is  in  accordance  with  schedules  approved  by  said  Board. 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  pursuant  to  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  section  47  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  as  amended,  hereby  approves 
of  the  issue  of  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  New  York  in  the 
proportions  hereinafter  specified,  to  the  amount  of  three  hundred  and  ninety-nine 
thousand  one  hundred  and  eighty-seven  dollars  ($399,187),  to  provide  means  for 
the  construction  and  equipment  of  an  addition  to  Newtown  High  School,  Borough 
of  Queens,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Department  of  Education,  and  that  when 
authority  therefor  shall  have  been  obtained  from  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  the  Comp¬ 
troller  be  and  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue,  in  the  manner  provided  by  section  169 
of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  serial  bonds  of  The  City  of  New  York  which  shall 
mature  and  be  redeemed  in  equal  annual  instalments  during  a  period  of  fifteen  years 
from  the  date  of  issue,  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  one-half  of  the  total  authoriza¬ 
tion  of  three  hundred  and  ninety-nine  thousand  one  hundred  and  eighty-seven 
dollars  ($399,187),  and  to  the  extent  of  the  remaining  one-half  of  said  total  authoriza¬ 
tion,  to  issue  corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  maturing  in  not  more  than 
one  year  from  the  date  of  issue,  payment  of  which  shall  be  provided  for  in  the  annual 
tax  budget  or  budgets  next  succeeding  the  dates  on  which  such  corporate  stock  shall 
have  been  actually  issued,  the  proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock,  to 
the  amount  of  the  par  value  thereof,  to  be  applied  to  the  purposes  aforesaid;  provided, 
however,  that  no  encumbrance  or  expenditure  by  contract  shall  be  made  against  the 
proceeds  of  the  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  herein  authorized,  nor  shall  bids  upon 
such  contracts  be  advertised  for,  until  after  approval  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and 
Apportionment  of  the  plans,  specifications,  estimates  of  cost  and  forms  of  such 
contracts  which  shall  be  submitted  to  said  Board  by  the  Department  of  Education, 
nor  shall  any  architect,  engineer,  expert  or  departmental  employee  be  engaged  or 
employed  as  a  charge  against  such  proceeds,  except  after  approval  by  said  Board  of 
such  employment  and  of  the  fee  or  wage  to  be  paid  by  preliminary  and  final  contract, 
voucher,  or  budget  schedule  which  are  to  be  similarly  submitted,  unless  in  the  case 
of  departmental  employees,  such  employment  is  in  accordance  with  schedules  approved 
by  said  Board. 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  pursuant  to  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  section  47  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  as  amended,  hereby  approves 
of  the  issue  of  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  in  the 
proportions  hereinafter  specified,  to  the  amount  of  three  hundred  and  ninety-four 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty  dollars  ($394,830),  to  provide  means  for  the  construc¬ 
tion  and  equipment  of  an  addition  to  Bryant  High  School,  Borough  of  Queens, 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Department  of  Education,  and  that  when  authority 
therefor  shall  have  been  obtained  from  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  the  Comptroller  be 
and  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue;  in  the  manner  provided  by  section  169  of  the 
Greater  New  York  Charter,  serial  bonds  of  The  City  of  New  York  which  shall 
mature  and  be  redeemed  in  equal  annual  instalments  during  a  period  of  fifteen  years 
from  the  date  of  issue,  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  one-half  of  the  total  authoriza¬ 
tion  of  three  hundred  and  ninety-four  thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty  dol¬ 
lars  ($394,830),  and  to  the  extent  of  the  remaining  one-half  of  said  total  authoriza¬ 
tion,  to  issue  corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  maturing  in  not  more  than 
one  year  from  the  date  of  issue,  payment  of  which  shall  be  provided  for  in  the  annual 
tax  budget  or  budgets  next  succeeding  the  dates  on  which  such  corporate  stock  shall 
have  been  actually  issued,  the  proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock,  to 
the  amount  of  the  par  value  thereof,  to  be  applied  to  the  purposes  aforesaid;  provided, 
however,  that  no  encumbrance  or  expenditure  by  contract  shall  be  made  against  the 
proceeds  of  the  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  herein  authorized,  nor  shall  bids 
upon  such  contracts  be  advertised  for,  until  after  approval  by  the  Board  of  Estimate 
and  Apportionment  of  the  plans,  specifications,  estimates  of  cost,  and  forms  of  such 


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contracts  which  shall  be  submitted  to  said  Board  by  the  Department  of  Education, 
nor  shall  any  architect,  engineer,  expert  or  departmental  employee  be  engaged  or 
employed  as  a  charge  against  such  proceeds,  except  after  approval  by  said  Board  of 
such  employment  and  of  the  fee  or  wage  to  be  paid  by  preliminary  and  linal  contract, 
voucher,  or  budget  schedule  which  are  to  be  similarly  submitted,  unless  in  the  case 
of  departmental  employees,  such  employment  is  in  accordance  with  schedules  approved 
by  said  Board. 

Resolved,  By  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  that  pursuant  to  the 
provisions  of  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  the  Comptroller  be  and 
is  hereby  authorized  to  issue,  in  the  manner  provided  by  said  section,  bonds  of  The 
City  of  New  York  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  twenty-nine  thou¬ 
sand  two  hundred  ard  sixty-six  dollars  ($129,266)  of  which  one-half  shall  be  serial 
bonds  of  The  City  of  New  York,  which  shall  mature  and  be  redeemed  in  equal  annual 
instalments  during  a  period  of  fifteen  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  and  one-half 
corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  maturing  in  not  more  than  one  year 
from  the  date  of  issue,  payment  of  which  shall  be  provided  for  in  the  annual  tax 
budget  or  budgets  next  succeeding  the  dates  on  which  such  corporate  stock  shall 
have  been  actually  issued,  the  proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  to 
the  amount  of  the  par  value  thereof  to  provide  means  for  the  alteration  and  equip¬ 
ment  of  Public  Schools  72,  83,  101,  109,  168  and  171,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  Depar.ment  of  Education;  provided,  however,  that  no 
encumbrance  or  expenditure  by  contract  shall  be  made  against  the  proceeds  of  the 
serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  herein  authorized,  nor  shall  bids  upon  such  contracts 
be  advertised  for,  until  after  approval  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment 
of  the  plans,  specifications,  estimates  of  cost,  and  forms  of  such  contracts  which  shall 
be  submitted  to  said  Board  by  the  Department  of  Education,  nor  shall  any  architect, 
engineer,  expert  or  departmental  employee  be  engaged  or  employed  as  a  charge 
against  such  proceeds,  except  after  approval  by  said  Board  of  such  employment  and 
of  the  fee  or  wage  to  be  paid  by  preliminary  and  final  contract  voucher  or  budget 
schedule  which  are  to  be  similarly  submitted,  unless  in  the  case  of  departmental 
employees,  such  employment  is  in  accordance  with  schedules  approved  by  said  Board. 

Resolved,  By  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  that  pursuant  to  the 
provisions  of  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  the  Comptroller  be  and 
is  hereby  authorized  to  issue,  in  the  manner  provided  by  said  section,  bonds  of  The 
City  of  New  York  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  forty-eight  thousand 
six  hundred  and  twenty-six  dollars  ($148,626),  of  which  one-half  shall  be  serial  bonds 
of  The  City  of  New  York,  which  shall  mature  and  be  redeemed  in  equal  annual 
instalments  during  the  period  of  fifteen  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  and  one-half 
corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  maturing  in  not  more  than  one  year  from 
the  date  of  issue,  payment  of  which  shall  be  provided  for  in  the  annual  tax  budget 
or  budgets  next  succeeding  the  dates  on  which  such  corporate  stock  shall  have  been 
actually  issued,  the  proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  to  the 
amount  of  the  par  value  thereof,  to  provide  means  for  the  alteration  and  equip¬ 
ment  of  Public  Schools  2,  4,  5,  6,  28,  30,  32,  40,  42,  43,  44,  45,  50  and  53,  Borough  of 
The  Bronx,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Department  of  Education;  provided  how¬ 
ever,  that  no  encumbrance  or  expenditure  by  contract  shall  be  made  against  the  pro¬ 
ceeds  of  the  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  herein  authorized,  nor  shall  bids  upon 
such  contracts  be  advertised  for,  until  after  approval  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and 
Apportionment  of  the  plans,  specifications,  estimates  of  cost,  and  forms  of  such  con¬ 
tracts  which  shall  be  submitted  to  said  Board  by  the  Department  of  Education,  nor 
shall  any  architect,  engineer,  expert  or  departmental  employee  be  engaged  or  employed 
as  a  charge  against  such  proceeds  except  after  approval  by  said  Board  of  such  employ¬ 
ment  and  of  the  fee  or  wage  to  be  paid  by  preliminary  and  final  contract,  voucher  or 
budget  schedule  which  are  to  be  similarly  submitted,  unless  in  the  case  of  depart¬ 
mental  employees,  such  employment  is  in  accordance  with  schedules  approved  by 
said  Board 

Resolved,  By  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  that  pursuant  to  the 
provisions  of  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  the  Comptroller  be  and 
is  hereby  authorized  to  issue,  in  the  manner  provided  by  said  section,  bonds  of  The 
City  of  New  York  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  three  hundred  and  eighty-eight  thou¬ 
sand  six  hundred  and  seventy-five  dollars  ($388,675),  of  which  one-half  shall  be 
serial  bonds  of  The  City  of  New  York,  which  shall  mature  and  be  redeemed  in  equal 
annual  instalments  during  a  period  of  fifteen  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  and  one- 
half  corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  maturing  in  not  more  than  one  year 
from  the  date  of  issue,  payment  of  which  shall  be  provided  for  in  the  annual  tax 
budget  or  budgets  next  succeeding  the  dates  on  which  such  corporate  stock  shall  have 


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been  actually  issued,  the  proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  to  the 
amount  of  the  par  value  thereof,  to  provide  means  for  the  alterations  and  equip¬ 
ment  of  Public  Schools  6,  16,  19,  23,  33,  50,  64,  66,  72,  109,  110,  122,  125,  126, 
132,  142,  143,  149,  150,  156,  165,  173,  174  and  175,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  the  Department  of  Education;  provided,  however,  that -no  encum¬ 
brance  or  expenditure  by  contract  shall  be  made  against  the  proceeds  of  the  serial 
bonds  and  corporate  stock  herein  authorized,  nor  shall  bids  upon  such  contracts  be 
advertised  for,  until  after  approval  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  of 
the  plans,  specifications,  estimates  of  cost,  and  forms  of  such  contracts  which  shall  be 
submitted  to  said  Board  by  the  Department  of  Education,  nor  shall  any  architect, 
engineer,  expert  or  departmental  employee  be  engaged  or  employed  as  a  charge 
against  such  proceeds  except  after  approval  by  said  Board  of  such  employment  and 
of  the  fee  or  wage  to  be  paid  by  preliminary  and  final  contract,  voucher  or  budget 
schedule  which  are  to  be  similarly  submitted,  unless  in  the  case  of  departmental 
employees,  such  employment  is  in  accordance  with  schedules  approved  by  said  Board. 

Resolved,  By  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  that  pursuant  to  the 
provisions  of  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  the  Comptroller  be  and 
is  hereby  authorized  to  issue,  in  the  manner  provided  by  said  section,  bonds  of  The 
City  of  New  York  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  thirteen  thousand  five  hundred  and 
ninety-five  dollars  ($13,595),  of  which  one-half  shall  be  serial  bonds  of  The  City  of 
New  York,  which  shall  mature  and  be  redeemed  in  equal  annual  instalments  during  a 
period  of  fifteen  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  and  one-half  corporate  stock  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  maturing  in  not  more  than  one  year  from  the  date  of  issue,  pay¬ 
ment  of  which  shall  be  provided  for  in  the  annual  tax  budget  or  budgets  next  suc¬ 
ceeding  the  dates  on  which  such  corporate  stock  shall  have  been  actually  issued,  the 
proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  to  the  amount  of  the  par  value 
thereof  to  provide  means  for  the  alterations  to  and  equipment  of  Public  School 
6,  Borough  of  Queens,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Department  of  Education.; 
provided,  however,  that  no  encumbrance  or  expenditure  by  contract  shall  be  made 
against  the  proceeds  of  the  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  herein  authorized,  nor 
shall  bids  upon  such  contracts  be  advertised  for,  until  after  approval  by  the  Board 
of  Estimate  and  Apportionment  of  the  plans,  specifications,  estimates  of  cost,  and 
forms  of  such  contracts  which  shall  be  submitted  to  said  Board  by  the  Department 
of  Education,  nor  shall  any  architect,  engineer,  expert  or  departmental  employee  be 
engaged  or  employed  as  a  charge  against  such  proceeds,  except  after  approval  by  said 
Board  of  such  employment  and  of  the  fee  or  wage  to  be  paid  by  preliminary  and 
final  contract,  voucher  or  budget  schedule  which  are  to  be  similarly  submitted,  unless 
in  the  case  of  departmental  employees,  such  employment  is  in  accordance  with 
schedules  approved  by  said  Board. 

Resolved,  By  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  that  pursuant  to  the 
provisions  of  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  the  Comptroller  be  and 
is  hereby  authorized  to  issue,  in  the  manner  provided  by  said  section,  bonds  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  ninety-four  thou¬ 
sand  dollars  ($194,000),  of  which  one-half  shall  be  serial  bonds  of  The  City  of  New 
York,  which  shall  mature  and  be  redeemed  in  equal  annual  instalments  during  a 
period  of  fifteen  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  and  one-half  corporate  stock  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  maturing  in  not  more  than  one  year  from  the  date  of  issue, 
payment  of  which  shall  be  provided  for  in  the  annual  tax  budget  or  budgets  next 
succeeding  the  dates  on  which  such  corporate  stock  shall  have  been  actually  issued, 
the  proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  to  the  amount  of  the  par  value 
thereof,  to  be  applied  by  the  Department  of  Education  to  the  payment  of  salaries 
and  wages  of  the  Drafting  and  Inspection  Corps  engaged  in  the  preparation  of  plans, 
specifications  or  inspection  of  construction  and  improvements  payable  out  of  the  pro¬ 
ceeds  of  serial  bonds  or  corporate  stock;  provided,  however,  that  all  payments  to 
be  made  out  of  the  proceeds  of  serial  bonds  or  corporate  stock  herein  authorized  shall 
be  in  accordance  with  schedules  approved  by  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportion¬ 
ment. 

Resolved,  By  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  that  pursuant  to  the 
provisions  of  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  the  Comptroller  be  and 
is  hereby  authorized  to  issue,  in  the  manner  provided  by  said  section,  bonds  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  ten  thousand  dollars  ($10,000),  of 
which  one-half  shall  be  serial  bonds  of  The  City  of  New  York,  which  shall  mature 
and  be  redeemed  in  equal  annual  instalments  during  a  period  of  fifteen  years  from 
the  date  of  issue,  and  one-half  corporate  stock  of  The  City  of  New  York,  maturing 
in  not  more  than  one  year  from  the  date  of  issue,  payment  of  which  shall  be  pro¬ 
vided  for  in  the  annual  tax  budget  or  budgets  next  succeeding  the  dates  on  which 


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such  corporate  stock  shall  have  been  actually  issued,  the  proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds 
and  corporate  stock  to  the  amount  of  the  par  value  thereof,  to  provide  means  for 
defraying  the  cost  of  surveys,  test  borings,  and  drafting  supplies  incidental  to  the 
construction  of  new  school  buildings  and  additions  payable  out  of  the  proceeds  of 
serial  bonds  or  corporate  stock  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Department  of  Edu¬ 
cation. 

Resolved,  By  the  Board  of  Estimate  and  Apportionment,  that  pursuant  to  the 
provisions  of  section  169  of  the  Greater  New  York  Charter,  the  Comptroller  be  and 
is  hereby  authorized  to  issue,  in  the  manner  provided  by  said  section,  bonds  of  The 
City  of  New  York  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  one  million  one  hundred  and  twenty-one 
thousand  dollars  ($1,121,000),  of  which  one-half  shall  be  serial  bonds  of  The  City  of 
New  York,  which  shall  mature  and  be  redeemed  in  equal  annual  instalments  during  a 
period  of  fifteen  years  from  the  date  of  issue,  and  one-half  corporate  stock  of  The 
City  of  New  York,  maturing  in  not  more  than  one  year  from  the  date  of  issue, 
payment  of  which  shall  be  provided  for  in  the  annual  tax  budget  or  budgets  next 
succeeding  the  dates  on  which  such  corporate  stock  shall  have  been  actually  issued, 
the  proceeds  of  said  serial  bonds  and  corporate  stock  to  the  amount  of  the  par  value 
thereof,  to  be  used  to  provide  means  for  the  acquisition  of  school  sites  as  follows  : 

Borough  of  Manhattan. 

In  the  vicinity  of  109th  Street  and  3rd  Avenue. 

In  the  vicinity  of  111th  Street  and  Lexington  Avenue. 

Borough  of  The  Bronx. 

In  the  vicinity  of  3rd  Avenue,  near  169th  Street. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Prospect  Avenue,  Jennings  Street  and  Ritter  Place. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Brown  Place,  135th  and  136th  Streets. 

In  the  vicinity  of  189th  Street,  Hoffman  Street  and  Lorillard  Place. 

In  the  vicinity  of  3rd  Avenue  and  179th  Street. 

Borough  of  Brooklyn. 

In  the  vicinity  of  South  2nd  and  Keap  Streets. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Driggs  Avenue  and  North  5th  Street. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Skillman  Avenue,  Conselyea  and  Humboldt  Streets. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Berriman  Street,  Belmont  and  Atkins  Avenues. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Hicks  and  Harrison  Streets. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Osborn  and  Watkins  Streets,  near  Sutter  Avenue. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Monitor  Street  and  Driggs  Avenue. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Snyder  Avenue  and  East  33rd  Street. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Sutter  Avenue,  Barrett  and  Grafton  Streets. 

Borough  of  Queens. 

In  the  vicinity  of  Steinway  Avenue,  near  Broadway. 


